Re: unusual Alto Clef

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>From: David Bobroff <address@hidden>
>
>I've posted a slightly clearer copy of such a clef to issue 693.  For 
>what it's worth, my memory tells me that this style of C clef is to be 
>found in French publications.  I certainly remember seeing it in 
>trombone parts of French pieces and this example comes from the Ravel 
>Concerto for left hand (1st trombone part).
>
>David
>
>Jonathan Kulp wrote:
>> I can't seem to find a better image of this clef in the materials I have 
>> on hand or on an internet search.  I got it originally from a .pdf file 
>> downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project.  It'd be 
>> better to have an original paper score in hand for scanning at high res. 
>>  If no one can come up with one in a day or two I'll talk to our 
>> orchestra conductor and see if he might have some examples in his library.
>> 
>> Jon
>> 
>> Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> 
>>>
>>> Well, your version differs heavily from what the scanned image shows.
>>> However, to create a good glyph shape, we probably need better scans
>>> of probably larger clefs.  Anyone who could provide that, probably
>>> adding it to
>>>
>>>   http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=693

i've added a couple more -- as a bassoonist, i see this clef quite a bit in 
french repertoire. Leduc no longer uses it, though, favouring the modern style 
currently implemented in lilypond.

cheers!

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