Re: Key Signature name in Markup

[Thomas Morley]

2018-03-31 22:55 GMT+02:00 brob2684 <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if the following is possible or not, and am happy to be told
> it's way too complex and not to bother.
>
> Is it possible to extract the name of the first key signature in a piece
> (single staff) after adjusting for any transposition to use in text markup?
> (e.g. looking to get the phrase "C major" if there is no key signature
> before the first note (i.e. default key)).
>
> I have come across http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=856, but have no idea
> where to even begin modifying it (some of the changes are obvious - I can
> tell I don't need the rescaling bits, but I don't know enough
> scheme/lilypond internals to work out how to change it to give me just
> text).
>
> If anyone has some pointers, they'd be much appreciated. If I'm trying to do
> something a bit too foolish, let me know and I'll give up on that.
>
> Thanks,
> brob



Hi,

obviously I don't understand what you want.
Could you explain why the lsr-snippet doesn't fit your needs?
May be some (not working) pseude-code with the syntax you want to use
may be helpful as well.

Cheers,
  Harm