Sue in Vermont wrote: >I am the parent of two boys who enjoy music and who have >recently started to enjoy fiddling. I am curious to know on >behalf of my cellist son whether there is way to print out >fiddle tunes in the bass clef?
This depends on what software you're using. Standard abc (the last official version of the protocol is 1.6, a relic of the previous century) doesn't provide for different clefs, but most of the software authors have dealt with it. So it is possible, but you'll have to check the documentation of your software. What works in one application might not in another. Your cellist son might also be interested in the fact that there is a violin maker in Amherst, MA named Lloyd Craighill (he's in the book) who makes an instrument he calls a "tenor violin." It is shaped like a violin, about the size of a classical guitar, played like a cello and tuned a 5th higher than a cello (an octave below the violin). Like a cello with an E string and no C string. As a cellist who loves playing fiddle tunes (on many instruments), I'm tempted myself. Also, as a cellist who loves playing fiddle tunes, I would strongly urge your son to become familiar with the treble clef. Every good boy does fine! ______ /\/\/\/\ <______> | | | | | David Barnert <______> | | | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <______> | | | | | Albany, N.Y. <______> \/\/\/\/ Ventilator Concertina Bellows Bellows (Vocation) (Avocation) To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
