Hi, Paul:
For now I just do alternate key signature on the top staff only or use manually
by hand . Hope you have time to re-work to use rehearsal approach.
Blessing in+,
Ming
>________________________________
> From: Paul Morris <p...@paulwmorris.com>
>To: MING TSANG <tsan...@rogers.com>
>Cc: lilypond-usermailinglist <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:49:57 AM
>Subject: Re: Custom key signature stencils, differentiating major and minor
>keys
>
>On Nov 13, 2012, at 7:26 AM, MING TSANG <tsan...@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Paul: I apply the change, it pushes the display above the staff. However
>> I notice (1) that the distance is not constant from system to system - it
>> diminishes;
>
>That is expected. It sets the padding (distance) between the top of the
>highest accidental in the key signature and the bottom of the text. So that
>is constant. But when the top of the highest accidental falls below the top
>of the staff, and at different vertical positions below the top of the staff,
>then the distance between the text and the top of the _staff_ will be
>different.
>
>Ideally it would set the padding from the top of the staff _or_ the top of the
>highest accidental. A better approach to achieve this would be: instead of
>combining the text and the key signature symbol into one graphical stencil /
>grob, add the text as a rehearsal mark centered on the key signature. Then it
>would inherit all of the usual smart spacing for rehearsal marks.
>
>Here's how you can do that by hand:
>
>\version "2.16.0"
>\new Staff {
> \clef bass
> \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-align-symbols = #'(key-signature)
> \key f \major
> \mark \markup \magnify #.7 {F Major}
> c1
> \clef treble
> \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-align-symbols = #'(key-signature)
> \key cis \major
> \mark \markup \magnify #.7 {C\raise #.4 {\sharp} Major}
> c'1
>}
>
>As described here:
>http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/writing-text#text-marks
>Under: Selected Snippets > Aligning marks with various notation objects
>
>So there should be a way to get my custom key signature script to
>automatically add such rehearsal marks to the key signature. But this would
>require reworking it.
>
>
>> (2) that after key change from F Major to C Major, it display at the point
>> where it changes, but disappear on the next system onward.
>
>Hmmm... it looks like if the key is C Major or A Minor then no key signature
>is printed, not even an "empty" one, and so the name does not get printed
>either. Not sure how to work around that.
>
>-Paul
>
>
>>
>> Here is the .png and .ly file.
>>
>> Thank you again.
>>
>> Blessing in+,
>> Ming.
>> From: Paul Morris <p...@paulwmorris.com>
>> To: MING TSANG <tsan...@rogers.com>
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 10:54:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: Custom key signature stencils, differentiating major and minor
>> keys
>>
>> Hi Ming,
>> Yes, I saw that too... There is a padding setting that sets the distance
>> between the top of the key signature and the name above it. So you could
>> increase this until it no longer overlapped in the bass clef, but this might
>> create too much space in other places?
>>
>> For example change the .5 in this:
>>
>> (ly:stencil-scale (grob-interpret-markup grob key-name) .7 .7)
>> .5 ))
>>
>> To 1.1 like so:
>>
>> (ly:stencil-scale (grob-interpret-markup grob key-name) .7 .7)
>> 1.1 ))
>>
>> That pushes the name up above the bass staff, but it also increases the
>> distance in all the other places as well.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Paul
>>
>> PS. Sorry for resending my previous message. I realized I did not send it
>> to the lily-user list before.
>>
>>
>> On Nov 12, 2012, at 10:33 PM, MING TSANG <tsan...@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Paul:
>>>
>>> Thank you for the sample placement of the "\consists
>>> \Custom_key_sig_engraver".
>>>
>>> One minor drawback: The alternative key signature on Bass is on the staff
>>> line, not above the staff. How can I adjust it?
>>>
>>>
>>> Blessing in+,
>>> Ming.
>>> From: Paul Morris <p...@paulwmorris.com>
>>> To: MING TSANG <tsan...@rogers.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 9:53:31 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Custom key signature stencils, differentiating major and minor
>>> keys
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:42 PM, MING TSANG <tsan...@rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, Paul:
>>>>
>>>> I try to use custon-key-signature in my lilypond score and I did not get
>>>> the alternative key printed above the traditional key signature. What is
>>>> missing in the code below? I have "\Staff \consists
>>>> \Custom_key_sig_engraver" in \layout as seen in your sample.
>>>
>>> Hi Ming, It looks like you need to just put \consists
>>> \Custom_key_sig_engraver in the \with block for each of the three staves in
>>> your score as shown below. Then you don't need it in the layout block.
>>> The following changes below got it to work for me.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Paul
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> sopranoVoicePart = \new Staff \with { \consists #numbr
>>> \consists \Custom_key_sig_engraver
>>> instrumentName = "Soprano"
>>> %midiInstrument = "choir aahs"
>>> } { \sopranoVoiceI }
>>> \addlyrics { \verseSopranoVoiceI }
>>> pianoPart = \new PianoStaff \with {
>>> instrumentName = "Piano"
>>> } <<
>>> \new Staff = "right" \with {
>>> \consists \Custom_key_sig_engraver
>>> midiInstrument = "acoustic grand"
>>> } \right
>>> \new Staff = "left" \with {
>>> \consists \Custom_key_sig_engraver
>>> midiInstrument = "acoustic grand"
>>> } { \clef bass \left }
>>> >>
>>> \score {
>>> <<
>>> \sopranoVoicePart
>>> \pianoPart
>>> >>
>>> \layout {
>>> \context {
>>> \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
>>> \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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