For the first time in PMX history, there's been a request for the low octave treble clef. I've had some very nice and useful private interaction with Francisco Giménez about this, in which he worked out the necessary TeX to do what he wanted. I'm willing to include the clef in PMX, but I'd like a little feedback on how people would use it. Francisco is simply replacing the normal treble clef symbol with the treblelowoct symbol, with no other changes at all. So in his usage, middle C is still the first line below the staff and would still be entered in PMX as c04. My current intention is to stick to that set of rules. But I do recall from somewhere in the deep dark past that if a singer (probably a tenor) saw that note on that staff, he would sing the C below middle C, i.e. c03. So if we wanted to have the same kind of relationship between note entry, position on the staff, and sounding pitch as with all of the other clefs, then for example middle C would still be entered as c04 but would appear in the 3rd space up in the staff, not the first line below. When the octave clef is selected, which way should PMX interpret the input?
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