For a two flat key, some early music facsimile has two Bb's in the key signature, one for each octave.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Mats Bengtsson <mats.bengts...@ee.kth.se>wrote: > > On 08/15/2012 04:14 PM, lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org wrote: > >> Lilypond docs do not seem to explain any way to print the key signature >>> >>>accidentals on different lines than standard, except for this crazy >>> method >>> >>>where the alterations count for just one octave. >>> >>> >>> >>><speculation> >>> >>>There was no way to alter the printing of the key signature, >>> >>>someone needed to do so, found the data structure for the local key >>> >>>signature that tracks transient accidentals, including octave, used >>> >>>that as a way to serve his need, and posted to the snippets list. >>> >>><end speculation> >>> >> >> Well, the feature to be able to typeset nonstandard key signatures has > existed for a very long time in LilyPond (long before we had LSR, if I > remember correctly) and it might initially have been my "fault". I needed > the feature while trying to typeset some of the Mystery sonatas by Biber, > which are written in scordatura, i.e. a violin with a non-standard tuning. > In these pieces, the notation reflects how you should press the fingers, > not what it should sound like. Therefore, the key signatures look very > weird and actually do differ from octave to octave, see for example Sonata > III at > http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:**ImagefromIndex/48908<http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/48908> > . > In this application, you can clearly not expect to change the clef and > hope to get anything sensible out of it, and there's no need to do it. > I have a vague recollection of having seen some modern piece using > different key signature for different octaves as well, but I might be wrong. > > /Mats > > -- > ==============================**=============== > Mats Bengtsson > Signal Processing > School of Electrical Engineering > Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) > SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM > Sweden > Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463 > Fax: (+46) 8 790 7260 > Email: mats.bengts...@ee.kth.se > WWW: http://www.ee.kth.se/~mabe > ==============================**=============== > > > ______________________________**_________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/**listinfo/lilypond-user<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user> >
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