2016-09-17 21:28 GMT+02:00 Karlin High <gne...@hotmail.com>: > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Re: Why the part-combining in American hymnals? (WAS: > Beaming, partcombine and pickups) > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 16:24:27 +0100 > From: J Martin Rushton <martinrushto...@btinternet.com> > > ...In passing I also note the use of the C-clef, but in an unusual > position that makes it the same as a conventional G-clef. > Regards, > Martin > > -------- End Forwarded Message Excerpt -------- > > The unusual C-clef is actually the same effect as using \clef "treble_8" > but with a different symbol. Middle C ends up on the third space. > > For me, that "ladder" clef symbol instantly identifies the song as a > TTBB men's chorus arrangement. I'm attaching a PNG with a more-typical > example of what I'm used to. LilyPond's standard C-clef symbol is > something I hadn't seen outside of the software until two days ago, when > I found it in an early-1900s men's chorus songbook at a garage sale. > (The book was something like this one: > https://archive.org/details/youngmenschorusc00adam ) > > Is there any way to get that ladder-style C-clef in LilyPond? Although I > can live with treble_8, typical TTBB men's chorus audiences here would > expect the ladder. I remember seeing a discussion for generating a very > similar symbol, but the right side of the ladder had "flags" going out > from the top and the bottom. > -- > Karlin High > Missouri, USA
You can define custom-clefs pretty easily (as long as you use glyphs from emmentaler or whatever main-font you use) #(add-new-clef "myMiddleC" "clefs.petrucci.c4" 1 0 0) { \clef myMiddleC c' } add-new-clef needs five arguments: (add-new-clef clef-name clef-glyph clef-position transposition c0-position) An additional override for Clef.stencil is possible, ofcourse. Although it looks pretty wrong to see a c-clef not announcing a line fo the c... HTH, Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user