Re: Display of notes when using reduced line count in staff

[Aaron Hill]

On 2020-01-11 5:36 pm, Andrew Bernard wrote:
> Pardon my base ignorance, but when using a reduced line count of 2
> lines for a treble staff instead of five, the middle C position
> apparently moves. I can't quite figure this out. I suppose the
> behavior is entirely obvious to some, but I can't get my head around
> it. There is very little discussion of this in the archives, if any.
> Can somebody help me understand this? I would have expected the notes
> to stay on their lines and spaces, but there is obviously more going
> on than I thought.

Is this not simply a case of parity?

With an odd number of lines, the central pitch must lie on a line.  With 
an even number of lines, the central pitch must occupy a space.


-- Aaron Hill