Re: setting a keySignature

[Mats Bengtsson]

One solution is to first set the key signature you want printed and then
set the alternative one that gives the accidental handling you want, but
prevent that the actual key signature is printed. The problem is that the
second key signature has to appear stricly later than the first one, 
i.e. you
need at least one note in between. This is only a true problem if your piece
starts with an e flat in another octave than the printed key signature.
Here's an example:

\version "2.8.0"
\relative c'{
\set Staff.keySignature = #'( ((0 . 2) . -2))

 es1 |
 \set Staff.keySignature = #'( (2 . -2) )
 \override Staff.KeySignature #'stencil = ##f
 \once \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##f
 es'1 | es'
}


  /Mats

lilypondtester wrote:
> I know that 
> \set Staff.keySignature = #'( (2 . -2) )
>
> affects all E notes in all octaves. In the key signature, it displays a flat
> symbol over the 4th line of staff(which is an E note). Is there any way that
> I can change this display such that the flat symbol in the key signature is
> displayed on the 1st line of staff (which is another E note)?
>
> I know that using 
> \set Staff.keySignature = #'( ((0 . 2) . -2))
> It is possible to display flat symbol of the key signature on the 1st staff
> line, but then it just affects that octave, which is something undesirable.
>   

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