Trouble with a clef change

• Nov 11, 2020 - 20:43

Hello there,

I'm new to this program, only been using it for about a month or two for work. I was told to recreate a piece for my boss in musescore, but I realized that at the end, there was a strange clef and key change surrounding an end repeat. I tried to mess around with it several times, and after contacting a few people from work and googling it several times, I'm still stuck.

Attached, I have an image of the end of the song. This is the last page, it doesn't continue after this. I was able to get a clef onto that last eighth note but not after it, and the key change won't work at all. So, I wanted to ask all of you if any of you know how to do this?

Thank you for your time,
Reuben


Comments

In reply to by SteveBlower

I agree that they don't make sense, the point where the repeat goes to have both of those instruments in the bass cleff, so on the second staff only I would insert a bass clef before the repeat. To do this, select the repeat barline, press z and use the bass clef from the symbols rather than the clefs in the master palette then move it to where it looks right using the inspector. You can't attach a clef from the clefs palette to a barline, this is why you must use the symbol.

The key changes doesn't make any sense.

In reply to by mike320

...so on the second staff only I would insert a bass clef before the repeat.

Hmm... Are you sure?
The second staff is already in the bass clef (look back a measure from that end repeat), and remains in the bass clef upon playing the repeat. [Also, measures 31 - 34 were (previously) played in bass clef.]
On the other hand...
The first staff (presently in the tenor clef - look back a measure) returns to bass clef upon taking the repeat, and not the treble clef (as written).

In reply to by mike320

Though the clefs do seem screwed up, I believe the repeat returns to the obvious place (it's a fairly famous piece). Also, I believe that's a courtesy key signature at the end of the page for a key change on the following page.

Those "screwy" clefs look like they may belong to that (courtesy) key signature - because the single sharp in that key signature is positioned (differently) on the 'F' line or space - as defined by each of those "screwy" clefs.

In reply to by Jm6stringer

Looking at a couple of versions from IMSLP, I think this is a transcription into an easier key rather than the original F# minor and F# major. There is also no repeat from the end of the score in the original. The key signature changing from G minor to G major at the repeat would be consistent with my theory and the repeat would go to a place in the score in G major. I suspect this is a transcription of a quartet of cellos due to the clefs. I don't think that #6 would have been transcribed to the key of G since it's original key signature is Db major. The transcription from F# to G is very logical, a transcription from Db to G isn't.

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