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
>
>

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