I have gotten to where I can do what I intended to do today and now I may
have the patience to read. Thank you for all your help!
On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 10:25 AM Carl Sorensen <carl.d.soren...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 11:16 AM Andrew Musselman <
> andrew.mussel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> }
>>
>
> put the first brace before \key and it will give you what you want.
>
> Please work your way carefully through the Learning Manual. It is
> annoying to do so, but it will provide you the basis you need to succeed in
> LilyPond.
>
> A score is a single musical expression.
>
> You have two musical expressions in this file:
>
> A) \key d\major
> B) { a }
>
> Each is wrapped in its own score contect by default. Score A creates no
> output. Score B creates the output of a single note, with no explicit key
> signature, so c major is assumed.
>
> If you do
>
> {
> \key d \major
> a
> }
>
> then you will have a single music expression, and you will get a single
> score that includes both the key signature and the note.
>
> HTH,
>
> Carl
>
