A History of Music Notation

Re:A History of Music Notation by acjohnson55 on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:48AM (#15521822)

But what if we simply used 2 F clefs? We'd only need two ledger lines between them for C and E. Given how many ledger lines we put up with above the top staff, I think it would be pretty easy to work with. After 2 decades, I _still_ read treble clef better than bass clef.

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Re:A History of Music Notation by jay-anderson on Saturday October 21, 2017 @11:51PM (#15525079)

This depends on the instrument. For many instruments reading ledger lines below the staff is more common. For instance french horn players are used to reading well below the treble clef staff and tuba players well below the bass clef staff. Standardizing on one clef isn't sufficient to fix the issues in my opinion.

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Re:A History of Music Notation by acjohnson55 on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:32AM (#15541808)

I really mean as a replacement for the grand staff.

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