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Re: Clefs
From: |
Laurent Martelli |
Subject: |
Re: Clefs |
Date: |
09 Nov 2000 11:13:45 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) Emacs/20.7 |
>>>>> "John" == John Sankey <address@hidden> writes:
John> Could I suggest, Jan, that the clef syntax may be greatly
John> simplified by using the original purpose of most of them - to
John> mark the tonic line?
John> For example, you can find a C clef in Couperin on any line of
John> the staff, but they are all the same symbol. Same for the
John> early mensural marks - the staff started with only one line
John> and gradually increased over the centuries.
John> So specifying the symbol and the vertical position separately
John> might be a lot cleaner than the current system.
I fully agree. And this would prevent "shortcuts" that would behave
like today's implementation.
--
Laurent Martelli
address@hidden http://www.linuxfan.com/~laurent
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- Re: Clefs, John Sankey, 2000/11/09
- Re: Clefs,
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