Backwards-facing Clef?
An unusual query I imagine:
Is it possible to put a backwards-facing clef at the end of a measure??
I would like to be able to reproduce a remarkable musical signature of Niels Gade:
one measure, treble clef at beginning, notes G-A-D-E (ascending), and alto clef at end, backwards facing.
The point is, of course, that turning the thing upside down also yields G-A-D-E !!!
So: Can I do it in MuseScore?
Thanks in advance for help!
Ch.S.
Comments
I would you use a text with a custom font to do it or a transparent PNG.
In reply to I would you use a text with a by [DELETED] 5
If I'm not mistaken, backward-facing -- or upside-down -- clefs are (well, were!) also used for enigmatic canons contrario motu. I do not have an example on the stop, but I sort of remember having seen them in the Musicalishes Opfer mss.
Just to tell they are not so unheard of...
M.
In reply to Enigmatic canons? by Miwarre
Another example is Mozart's Der Spiegel. Rotating symbols and texts could be useful in other particular case I guess.
In reply to Another example is Mozart's by [DELETED] 5
Can you check the link?
In reply to Can you check the link? by chen lung
goes back to this page.
In reply to Just by xavierjazz
http://216.129.110.22/files/imglnks/usimg/5/56/IMSLP116722-WIMA.50a7-sp…
In reply to Try this link by schepers
Thanks.
Yes, I'm aware it's not unprecedented.
I'd like to ask again: how do I do it, in MuseScore??
Thanks,
Ch.S.
In reply to asking again... by JSB_
I think the very first answer you got from lasconic is the best - either find a font that has this as a character and create the symbol as text using that font, or else create a transparent PNG then and place it as a graphic. You could create the PNG using MuseScore - create a score containing just a single empty measure, hide everything but the clef, then export as PNG. Any graphic editor could then reverse it and make the background transparent.