Re: Clef change before first note

[Mats Bengtsson]

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> address@hidden writes:
>
> >   \partial 8 s8 \bar ""
> >
> > This seems to render a fairly acceptable result, but it really feels 
> > like a hack.  Is there a less convoluted solution?
> >
> > Notice that the problem is only seen when doing a temporary clef change 
> > before the first note or rest.  After the first note or rest the clef 
> > change works just fine, leaving the initial clef visible as expected.
>
>
> We could introduce a special alignment-class for clef changes, but I'm
> not sure what the proper notation of a clef change at the beginning of
> the line is ; I believe that 2 clefs at the same musical point would
> only be necessary at the start of a piece, right?

Not necessarily! I could imagine pieces where you want to indicate
a major clef change after a double bar line, say, but where the
part still begins with a rest and some cue notes from another part
in another clef, similarly to the example sent earlier in this thread.

   /Mats