Re: clef change confuses manual key signature

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

On 2012-08-14 23:24, David Rogers wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:58:57 +0200
> james <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Honestly, what's most important to me is where the sharps/flats in
> > the key signature are placed.
>
> Looking at the PDF example, I can't understand which line is supposed
> to be the good one. They both look wrong to me.
>
> When I read music, I want the key signature to be always in the
> stereotypical (correct) place, and I don't see a reason (in this
> particular music) for wanting to have it like either of those
> example lines. I could understand (though not agree with) wanting to
> have the key signature always in the same range as the notes that are
> going to be printed in that line, but both examples go against that.
> Therefore, my question... What is the intention behind wanting to put
> the key signatures in a different place? How is it supposed to help the
> person reading it?

Some old handwritings have e.g. the f sharp in the keysignature not at 
the top line, but between the lowest and second-lowest line. If you want 
to create an authentic reprint of the autograph, you might also want to 
preserve the way the keysignature was printed...

Cheers,
Reinhold



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