-\version "2.13.0"
+\version "2.19.7"
\header {
- lsrtags = "pitches, staff-notation"
+ lsrtags = "contemporary-notation, pitches, really-cool, staff-notation, version-specific"
+
texidoc = "
-The commonly used @code{\\key} command sets the @code{keySignature}
+The commonly used @code{\\key} command sets the @code{keyAlterations}
property, in the @code{Staff} context.
-To create non-standard key signatures, set this property directly. The
+To create non-standard key signatures, set this property directly. The
format of this command is a list:
-@code{\\set Staff.keySignature = #`(((octave . step) . alter) ((octave
-. step) . alter) ...)} where, for each element in the list,
-@code{octave} specifies the octave (0@tie{}being the octave from
-middle@tie{}C to the B above), @code{step} specifies the note within the
-octave (0@tie{}means@tie{}C and 6@tie{}means@tie{}B), and @code{alter} is
-@code{,SHARP ,FLAT ,DOUBLE-SHARP} etc. (Note the leading comma.)
+@code{ \\set Staff.keyAlterations = #`(((octave . step) . alter) ((octave
+. step) . alter) ...) } where, for each element in the list,
+@code{octave} specifies the octave (0 being the octave from middle C to
+the B above), @code{step} specifies the note within the octave (0 means
+C and 6 means B), and @code{alter} is @code{,SHARP ,FLAT ,DOUBLE-SHARP}
+etc. (Note the leading comma.)
+
Alternatively, for each item in the list, using the more concise format
-@code{(step . alter)} specifies that the same alteration should hold in all
-octaves.
+@code{(step . alter)} specifies that the same alteration should hold in
+all octaves.
+
+
+For microtonal scales where a @qq{sharp} is not 100 cents, @code{alter}
+refers to the alteration as a proportion of a 200-cent whole tone.
+
+
+Here is an example of a possible key signature for generating a
+whole-tone scale:
-Here is an example of a possible key signature for generating a whole-tone
-scale:
"
doctitle = "Non-traditional key signatures"
}
+
\relative c' {
- \set Staff.keySignature = #`(((0 . 6) . ,FLAT)
- ((0 . 5) . ,FLAT)
- ((0 . 3) . ,SHARP))
+ \set Staff.keyAlterations = #`((6 . ,FLAT)
+ (5 . ,FLAT)
+ (3 . ,SHARP))
c4 d e fis
aes4 bes c2
}
-