Bass clef 22va under

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Of course, it is possible to do bass clef 8-under and 15-under.

I am considering working on a piece for a conceptual instrument that would need bass-clef 22va-under and perhaps even more. Novelty parlour-tricks, of course, but it might be quite interesting.

How do I do a bass-clef-22va-under in Dorico?

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And yes, I need to get a life.

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Just select the phrase and press Shift-C (clef popover) and type 22vb! Make sure the phrase is transposed to it’s sounding octave before you do.

EDIT
sorry I just re-read and realised you meant clef and not octave line

You’d have to create a custom clef in Engrave Mode > Library > Music Symbols but I don’t think you’d be able to get it to play back correctly

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I don’t think you can add new clefs in the Editor; but you can edit one of the existing ones that you’re not using. Playback is easily remedied, with the Octave Shift property in Properties.

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It might play back correctly via the associated VSTs transpose buttons?

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