Re: sharping naturals

[Peter Bjuhr]

> 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