Unrecognized clef

2022-03-22 12:10 am

Hello... anyone can help me what kind of Clef is the one on Wayne Hooper's song book, the first staff looks like I big H. I wanted to attach the attachment which is picture to show the clef but I could not. Anyone can help me how can I attach jpg. to this email?.

Thank you

Frank

Re: Unrecognized clef

Reply #1 – 2022-03-22 03:14 am

If you click on the "Reply" button instead of using the Quick Reply section, you can add files by dragging and dropping. .jpg is one of the allowed formats so there shouldn't be a problem.

As for the "H" clef, it's an old (circa 16th and 17th centuries) form of C clef. See this wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clef#History

In the vocal context you're referring to it's a kind of tenor clef, but pointing to the 3rd space as middle-C instead of the 4th line like a normal tenor clef would. Think of it as a kind of 8vb treble clef.

If you check my attachment, an examination of the key signature will show a normal treble clef placement of the flats for a key of Eb, the same key as the bass staff.