Re: sharping naturals

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:36:41 +0200
Peter Bjuhr <address@hidden> wrote:

> > When you use key signatures like A major or B Major you end
> > up with a lot of naturals in the score for which you may
> > have to manually add sharps.
> >
> > Is there a switch that will automatically sharp all the
> > naturals?
> 
> David, in a previous thread some time ago on a similar topic I think I 
> recall that you mentioned that this may be better seen as an editor task 
> than a task for LilyPond.
> 
> In Frescobaldi (since v 2.18) there is a tool (Tools->Pitch->Mode shift) 
> that adjusts the pitch to a given mode or scale. I just realized that 
> this may be able to accomplish the above:
> 
> If you enter:
> 
>    b c d e f g a
> 
> and use the Mode shift tool with the mode b major the result will be:
> 
>    b cis dis e fis gis ais
> 
> As mentioned before (in this thread), the problems start if you actually 
> do not want some of the notes to be sharpened. Then of course you'll 
> have to adjust this manually! But with a piece with only a few 
> exceptionds to the given key it may be worth while to use this method...
> 
> Best
> Peter
> 
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So should \relative be just an editing tool. It saves typing to enter a
single line voice, but it's a mess in a score, and I