On Sat, 14 Jun 2014, Don Simons wrote:
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:47:19 -0700
From: Don Simons <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Werner Icking Music Archive <[email protected]>
To: 'Werner Icking Music Archive' <[email protected]>
Subject: [Tex-music] Low octave treble clef in PMX
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?
--Don Simons
This is my response as a choir singer (in the truly ancient
past!): singing both tenor and bass (either, that is),
depending on the demand of the occasion. The tenor voice was
sometimes with a little '8' on the clef symbol, and
sometimes without that, but ALWAYS sung in the octave, without
any question/discussion at all.
So I definitely concur with your option, Don. I think its
clearer, and hardly with any possible misunderstanding.
ccn.
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