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Topic: double clefs
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squeekee35
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double clefs
on: June 27, 2016, 01:29:43 PM
I know if there are two treble clefs then there is both an A and a C between the clefs so that they both start with E on the bottom line. Are base clefs the same way? and E and C between clefs so that they both start with A on the top line?
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anamnesis
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Re: double clefs
Reply #1 on: June 27, 2016, 02:34:04 PM
Clefs just determine the positioning of the diatonic names on a single staff, and don't affect the other. They determine the position of a single a diatonic name, and the rest of the positions for just that staff are affected relative to that.
So the treble clef, a "G" clef, determines that the second line is a "G", which will make:
The first/bottom line an E.
The first top ledger an A.
The first bottom ledger a C.
The bass clef, an "F" clef: determines the that the fourth line on the staff is an F, thus:
The fifth/top line an A.
The first top ledger a C.
The first bottom ledger an E.
Two treble clefs and two bass clefs don't line up like the grand staff with treble and bass, so the ledger lines, which I believe you are referring to don't line up the same in the middle.
Ledger lines (including middle C in the traditional treble-bass grand staff) are extensions of a single staff, and don't belong to both staffs. Middle c just happens to line up perfectly in the grand staff case.
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squeekee35
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Re: double clefs
Reply #2 on: June 27, 2016, 03:09:54 PM
okay that is what I was meaning so thank you that makes sense.
I have been wanting to start learning toccata fugue in D minor for some years now but have been intimidated by the song as it has double clefs in it and I have never seen that before. I took a year's worth of piano lessons back in 2000 and really I haven't touched my piano in about 5 years now but want to get back into it. toccata is one of my favorite songs. I know it is really an organ piece but I have heard it on the piano before. and there are some notes in the song too far apart for me to reach so I know I am going to have to leave some notes out I am just not sure which ones to still make it sound like the song anyway. I guess I will cross that bridge when I get there.
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