Re: Change appearance of clef octavation (issue 3295) (issue 8359043)

[dak]

It's probably worth noting that by far most uses of octavated clefs are
for the purpose of correctness (similar to "transposition in xxx"): the
player/singer would not actually execute the piece differently if the
octavation was omitted from the clef.

I can think of one exception: modern-clef renditions of old music where
the alto and tenor voices might switch between treble and treble_8
liberally between movements.  However, even in this case the ambitus
usually tells the story at a glance.

Octavated clefs are also useful for ensemble players to let them
understand the desired pitch even when not playing the instrument
themselves.

At any rate, I don't know of any situation where the octavation of a
clef would change except between movements, so the necessity for a
strong imprint seems low.


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