Re: no natural sign when clef changes

[Michael Ellis]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:04 PM, James Lowe <address@hidden> wrote:
> hello
>
> James.
>
> On 31 Mar 2011, at 22:25, "Bernhard Ott" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> IMHO there should be a natural sign showing the f' after the clef-change: am 
>> I wrong?
>>
>> music = \relative c' {
>>    c8 d e fis
>>    c d e f
>>    c8 d e fis
>>    \clef "alto" c d e f
>> }
>> \score {
>> <<
>>        { \new Staff #(set-accidental-style 'modern-cautionary 'Staff)
>>        \music
>>    }
>>    { \new Staff #(set-accidental-style 'default 'Staff)
>>        \music
>>    }
>> >>
>> }
>>
>
> hmmm...my Read says nothing but Stone says
>
> "If a clef changes within a measure and the same note occurs before and after 
> the clef change, the accidental must be repeated."
>
> However were this f an octave higher I'd say no natural (cancellation) is 
> needed. So is this pitch being judged as higher just because it is 'higher' 
> in the staff or is it really an octave higher? Otherwise it ought to have a 
> natural by default.
>
> That's my rather on the fence take :)
>

Don't C-clefs always indicate middle-C?  Hence the F is the same pitch, right?
Cheers,
Mike