Re: Reducing staff numbers in LilyPond

[David Wright]

On Mon 16 Oct 2017 at 18:30:12 (+0200), Simon Albrecht wrote:
> On 16.10.2017 18:01, David Kastrup wrote:
> >Chris Yate<address@hidden>  writes:
> >
> >>Personally I think it's clearer to just use two staves, Treble and Bass.
> >>
> >>Many choral basses can't read treble clef, and tenors might sing the wrong
> >>pitch, as they're used to reading octave treble...
> >Tenors (and basses) are supposed to be singing one octave lower in
> >"unisono" passages.
> 
> That’s why the OP clarified that he meant “true unison, not octaves”.

It strikes me that notating this unusual effect on one staff
increases ambiguity and the potential for mistakes, compared with
just duplicating the notes on the normal two staves. When choral
basses look at an E on the bottom line of a treble staff, they
don't prepare their voices for singing at the top of their range.

It could end up as a neat way of making yourself unpopular with
Sopranos and Basses alike. Hey, why not go the whole hog and use
a C clef!

Cheers,
David.