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+\version "2.11.46"
\header {
lsrtags = "pitches, staff-notation"
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+
+ texidoc = "
The commonly used @code{\\key} command sets the @code{keySignature}
-property, in the @code{Staff} context. However, non-standard key
-signatures can be specified by setting 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, octave specifies the octave (0 being the
-octave from middle C to the B above), step specifies the note within
-the octave (0 means C and 6 means B), and alter is ,SHARP ,FLAT
-,DOUBLE-SHARP etc. (Note the leading comma.)
+property, in the @code{Staff} context.
+
+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 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.)
-However, for each item in the list, you can also use the alternative
-format (step . alter), which specifies that the same alteration should
-hold in all octaves.
+
+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.
Here is an example of a possible key signature for generating a
whole-tone scale:
-" }
-% begin verbatim
+
+"
+ doctitle = "Non-traditional key signatures"
+} % begin verbatim
\relative c' {
- \set Staff.keySignature =
- #`(((0 . 3) . ,SHARP) ((0 . 5) . ,FLAT) ((0 . 6) . ,FLAT))
- c d e fis aes bes c2
+ \set Staff.keySignature = #`(((0 . 3) . ,SHARP) ((0 . 5) . ,FLAT) ((0 . 6) . ,FLAT))
+ c4 d e fis
+ aes4 bes c2
}