Alternative key signatures like this are also used to save space in a book of musical exercises. Rather than print out the exact same think in a key a half-step away, both keys are indicated.
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Bernard" <[email protected]> > To: "Lillypond Users Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 7:14:20 AM > Subject: Re: Parenthesized second key signature > HI Mark, > > Yes I note in both examples the key sigs are a semitone apart. Is this some > convention in some church music? OP, help us out. I don't even know what to > google for! > > Andrew > > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 02:55, Mark Stephen Mrotek < [ > mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] > wrote: > > > > > > > > Perhaps the purpose is to indicate the possibility of singing in two > difference > keys. Here D major and Db major. > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
