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Re: changes to Clef


From: Patrick Schmidt
Subject: Re: changes to Clef
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:18:51 +0100

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:20:32 +1100
> Von: Peter Chubb <address@hidden>
> An: Graham Percival <address@hidden>
> CC: Carl Sorensen <address@hidden>, Patrick Schmidt <address@hidden>, 
> "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Betreff: Re: changes to Clef

> >>>>> "Graham" == Graham Percival <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Graham> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 07:51:03PM -0700, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> 
> Graham> I'd rather keep them at the end, to somewhat discourage their
> Graham> use.  Only music history geeks will understand them; \treble
> Graham> is much more widely understood.
> 
> 
> Not entirely true.  Music theoreticians will also understand them --
> the `treble' clef is a G clef on the second staff line; the `bass'
> clef is an F clef on the fourth staff line -- that's how it was always
> explained to me when I was learning music.  And check the Wikipedia
> article on Clef.
+1
They are commonly used by music educators and in instruction books. I'd even 
say G, C and F clefs are less abstract than treble, alto or bass clefs as they 
directly help to "decode" the score which is IMHO the main function of a clef.
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