Add 22ma Treble Clef and 22mb Bass Clef, or remove 22ma/mb Lines

• Dec 19, 2017 - 02:58

There are 22ma and 22mb lines, but only 15ma treble clefs and 15mb bass clefs... so why not 22ma/22mb clefs? I know that the 22ma treble clef and the 22mb bass clef (as well as the lines) are very rarely used in sheet music, but I think it would make the application more consistent across the board if there were either both 22ma/mb lines and clefs or both 15ma/mb lines and clefs. I recommend either adding a 22ma treble clef and 22mb bass clef, or removing the 22ma/mb lines. Tell me what you think! :)


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In reply to by s1114182721

It has fallen out of use as it has become generally known that instruments sound an (or more) octave lower or higher than where they were written.

For example: Although Guitar, Bass (and contrabassoon and contrabass) are heard one octave below where they are written, and piccolo (and glockenspiel) is heard one octave above where they are written, they can also be written in a regular (unnumbered) clef, and this is not uncommon.

Currently, there is no need to use any numbered-clefs when the instrument used is octave-transpose unless you come from an overly disciplined school of music.

From the staff/part properties in the score (or in the instrument-xml file) , it can be easily adjusted from which octave the written note will sound.

If it is a little-known, unknown, or invented instrument, a text-note can be written on the score saying "heard three octaves below where it was written".

Maybe in the future there will be a setting place where you can adjust the clefs as you wish (or create your own clefs).

In reply to by s1114182721

The clef from your image doesn't exist in SMuFL (also what is that littls 5 meant to say?). Nor does a bass clef 22mb (3 ottavas) down exist in SMuFL, as you link clearly shows
Bring this up with the SMuFL folks to get one added, once that has happend we can consider adding it to MuseScore

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