[smufl-discuss] Re: "violin" clef

[Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h)]

The French violin clef is a re-use of the treble clef positioned so that G is on the bottom line of the staff.  The symbols presented by Mark and Robert are stylistic variants of the treble clef, not a new symbol.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SMuFL Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf
> Of Adler, Mark
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 3:03 PM
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> Subject: [smufl-discuss] Re: "violin" clef
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> This reminds me of the stylized G clef that Bach was fond of. A quick
> search for early Bach publication's will produce many similar examples.
> Unfortunately, most of my reference books on Renaissance and Baroque
> notation are somewhere between Minneapolis and Boulder at the moment.
>
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69745698/Bach%20Clef.pdf
>
> Mark Adler
>
>
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> On 12/4/14 8:47 AM, "Daniel Spreadbury" <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> >Robert wrote:
> >
> >> There is one symbol that I cannot find in SMuFL, that is what (I
> >> think) is called a ³violin clef², a Renaissance version of the treble
> >clef.
> >> http://s1.postimg.org/43l97nhn3/g_Violin_Clef.png
> >
> >I don't know anything about this clef. Can you say what kinds of
> >publication etc. it might be found in?
> >
> >Thanks, and congratulations on the forthcoming update to November,
> which
> >I'm sure will be excellent.
> >
> >Daniel
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