Thank you everyone - very helpful. On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 11:27 AM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mark Klenk <[email protected]> writes: > > > I am just learning Lilypond for the first time, and it seems quite > powerful > > although not at all intuitive. > > > > Thankfully, lilybin.com (v2.18.2) tells me *where* my errors are > although > > it requires some trial and error to fix. > > > > Having said that, it's really good - midi and pdf generation, and having > > the spec be text is great (portability, future proofing). > > > > One problem I could not figure out is how to specify a suboctave treble > > clef (the one with the little '8' below it). I tried \clef french, \clef > > GG, to no avail. > > > > Any thoughts? > > When everything else fails, read the documentation. > > <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/ > displaying-pitches#clef> > > By adding _8 or ^8 to the clef name, the clef is transposed one octave > down or up respectively, and _15 and ^15 transpose by two octaves. Other > integers can be used if required. Clef names containing non-alphabetic > characters must be enclosed in quotes > > \clef treble > c2 c > \clef "treble_8" > c2 c > \clef "bass^15" > c2 c > \clef "alto_2" > c2 c > \clef "G_8" > c2 c > \clef "F^5" > c2 c > > -- > David Kastrup >
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