On Sunday 21 March 2004 02:25, David Bobroff wrote: > > Why does lilypond do small clefs in the middle of a line by default > > instead of regular? > > It is common engraving practice. As to why it is common practice I > can only speculate that a full sized clef would appear bulky and out > of place, or that it would have appeared bulky and out of place to > the engravers who established the practice. > > > Aren't small clefs supposed to be for changing clef > > without having to change the key signature, > > That is, in effect, what happens when you change clefs in the middle > of a system without changing keys. But that is because the key isn't > changing. > > > so the whole idea is *not* > > to have a new key sig appear? Isn't that what they're for? > > No, the two are not really linked. The small clefs are for > mid-system clef changes as per common engraving practice. Clef > changes are not linked to key changes. > > > If you > > change keys in midstream, so to speak, don't you need a regular > > clef? > > No. You don't need a clef at all. > > > So wouldn't \smallclef make more sense when you want no new key sig > > to appear, > > This is what happens now, isn't it? But again, you appear to be > assuming that the two are linked. They are not. > > > and \key when you want both clef and key sig? > > No. \key and \clef do not always have to appear together. At a > mid-line key change: > > clef = no > key = yes > > At a mid-line clef change: > > clef = yes > key = no > > \key and \clef are two different and separate bits of information. > The \key indicates the basis of the harmonic structure of the piece > (c major, e minor, etc.). The \clef simply indicates what absolute > pitches are represented by the lines/spaces of the staff. > > -David
Thanks. Guilty of expecting something to make sense. ;-) -- Paying more at the gas pump? Bush's Oil Sheikh Buddies, who support Al Qaeda, Palestinian terrorists, & hate-U.S. school systems everywhere, need more of your money now to arm and pay Iraqis to kill Americans. D. Raleigh Arnold dra@ (http://www.) openguitar.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
