Re: Numbering exercises; overriding defaults; points for clefs.

[Manuel]

Am 28/11/2006 um 10:40 schrieb Mats Bengtsson:

> > Also, I notice that only the F-clef has its two points; but I say  
> > that every clef should have them, like the Soprano and French  
> > Soprano clefs do in the big Bachausgabe. How do I put this  
> > necessary points to my clefs?
> Are you saying that also C clefs should have the two dots. I cannot  
> recall having
> seen such a layout in printed music.

Well, yes, I always put the two dots when I write them, though I  
don't remember printed examples for the C-clefs either - but it is a  
logical concept, I think, and very useful when teaching: in this last  
case, pupils learn quickly to differentiate between the different C- 
clefs, which can also be drawn more easily. The design of the printed  
C-clef is precise and adequate to "embrace" a line, but it is more  
difficult in handwriting, especially for children.

The Bachausgabe may be not available to me at the moment, but I shall  
try to get my hands on it and photocopy an example of the G-clefs  
with dots. I remember them for the recorder parts in IV Brandenburg  
concerto. Perhaps more dots would be found in older instances, from  
when the clef notation system was developing. If I see something,  
I'll let you know.

(I will try the solutions to my other questions and report results  
later)

Manuel