As for the key signature, I am still seeing nothing about key in the pdf
when I do this to remove all complexity:
\version "2.22.2"
\key d \major
{
a
}
Log says:
$ lilypond -f pdf the-mountain.ly
GNU LilyPond 2.22.2 (running Guile 2.2)
Processing `the-mountain.ly'
Parsing...
Interpreting music...
the-mountain.ly:2:1: warning: skipping zero-duration score
\key d \major
the-mountain.ly:2:1: warning: to suppress this, consider adding a spacer
rest
\key d \major
Interpreting music...
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Converting to `the-mountain.pdf'...
Success: compilation successfully completed
On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 10:09 AM Andrew Musselman <andrew.mussel...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Okay subtle but I do see the difference; thank you
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 10:07 AM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Andrew Musselman <andrew.mussel...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > I got a beam by adding `\(` and `\)` around the b and c, looks good.
>>
>> That's not a beam but a phrasing slur, and at that point in the score, a
>> phrasing slur seems like an odd choice: it usually extends over whole
>> phrases rather than joining two notes. You probably want a straight
>> slur, gotten with `(` and `)`. A beam is a straight line substituting
>> for flags on a note stem and connecting several notes of length 1/8 or
>> shorter.
>>
>> --
>> David Kastrup
>>
>
