Hi Michael, heh, I guess I've gotten so used to keeping my key signature in a separate voice it never occurred to me I could change keys at the level of individual voices.
Thanks again, Andrew er/ihn/ihm/sein | he/him/his Berlin On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 4:18 PM Michael Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 9:43 AM N. Andrew Walsh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Another question: is it possible to set the key signature for the two >> "alternate" sections to be different? I know I can hide one, but is it >> possible for different voices to have/display key signatures that are >> independent of one another? >> > > Sure can, as long as each one is in its own staff. (As in, if there are > multiple voices sharing one staff they each have to be in the same key.) > You can either set the key signature at the staff level, or you can do it > at the voice level. I prefer to put the key in with the music, something > like: > > music = \relative c' { > \key c \major > c4 d e f > } > > This way, the key information is carried along with the music. You can > also put the time signature and the tempo into the music variable as well, > if you wish. That way if you want / need to reuse the music the > information is there already. Much of the music I deal with I'm reusing > the same music variable in multiple scores, each formatting the music > differently for different instruments. But since the music itself is > already in a variable, reusing it like that is easy. But that's my (rather > peculiar) individual situation and needs. Others most certainly do things > differently. It'll take time and a bunch of trial and error to figure out > what you need for whatever you're doing. And then more time and more trial > and error to figure out how best to go about it. It's a learning process. > -- > Michael > >
