<div dir="ltr">Hi Martha, <div><br></div><div>if you want to be independent from clefs you may use the @loc attribute: </div><div><img src="cid:ii_j4q0a4h80_15d0f36dee923df7" width="483" height="114"><br><br></div><div><mei xmlns="<a href="http://www.music-encoding.org/ns/mei">http://www.music-encoding.org/ns/mei</a>" meiversion="3.0.0"></div><div>  <meiHead></div><div>    <fileDesc></div><div>      <titleStmt></div><div>        <title /></div><div>      </titleStmt></div><div>      <pubStmt></div><div>        <date /></div><div>      </pubStmt></div><div>    </fileDesc></div><div>  </meiHead></div><div>  <music></div><div>    <body></div><div>      <mdiv></div><div>        <score></div><div>          <scoreDef></div><div>            <staffGrp></div><div>              <staffDef clef.shape="G" clef.line="2" n="1" lines="5" /></div><div>            </staffGrp></div><div>          </scoreDef></div><div>          <section></div><div>            <measure n="1"></div><div>              <staff n="1"></div><div>                <layer n="1"></div><div>                  <rest dur="8" loc="2"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="8" loc="6"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="4" loc="0"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="2" loc="-2"/></div><div>                </layer></div><div>              </staff></div><div>            </measure></div><div>            <measure n="2"></div><div>              <staff n="1"></div><div>                <layer n="1"></div><div>                  <clef shape="C" line="3"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="8" loc="2"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="8" loc="6"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="4" loc="0"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="2" loc="-2"/></div><div>                </layer></div><div>              </staff></div><div>            </measure></div><div>            <measure n="3"></div><div>              <staff n="1"></div><div>                <layer n="1"></div><div>                  <clef shape="F" line="4"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="8" loc="2"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="8" loc="6"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="4" loc="0"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="2" loc="-2"/></div><div>                </layer></div><div>              </staff></div><div>            </measure></div><div>            <measure n="4"></div><div>              <staff n="1"></div><div>                <layer n="1"></div><div>                  <clef shape="C" line="1"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="8" loc="2"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="8" loc="6"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="4" loc="0"/></div><div>                  <rest dur="2" loc="-2"/></div><div>                </layer></div><div>              </staff></div><div>            </measure></div><div>          </section></div><div>        </score></div><div>      </mdiv></div><div>    </body></div><div>  </music></div><div></mei></div><div>​<br></div><div>Klaus</div><div><br></div></div>