On Sat 15 Apr 2017 at 23:12:36 (+0100), Wols Lists wrote: > On 15/04/17 21:55, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hi Wol, > > > >> > most of the music I see from the turn of last century does NOT. > > > Does not repeat the key signature? Fascinating! What field/genre are you > > working in? > > Mostly published by either Boosey, or Hawkes. They merged about 1920 ... :-) > > I think pretty much any pre-war (that is, WWI) music written for band, > either Brass Band, or Brass and Reed. You get the key signature on the > first system, and at the trio (where it changes). It's a pain, because > it is the norm to have it on every system so when you get music like > this you can't quickly check. Mind you, seeing as it's played on the > march, you're concentrating on so much else that you tend just to feel > the key, to some extent.
Quite understandable though. No page turns, so every inch of real estate is precious. You lose the clef too. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/media/loc.natlib.ihas.100010358/parts/p0001/0001.tif/2734 Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user