Re: tweaking Clefs

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David (et al.),

>> No one picked up this one. Perhaps a way to tackle this problem would
>> be to define specific contexts for the instruments that automatically
>> have the right properties. It's worth reading through all the context
>> properties to see which you should set.
> 
> Huh, this sounds like a case for what \addInstrumentDefinition was for
> (it's been undocumented because there really is no point in not just
> defining a music expression doing the same).

This is essentially the same problem that has been discussed many times before 
on this list (e.g. the long thread at 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2014-05/msg00067.html). There 
is a need for a well-implemented instrument-definition and -switching mechanism 
which would automatically change all relevant context properties, handle 
transpositions and clef issues, etc.

> \new Staff \with \bassclarinet { ... }
> instead and put all the respective definitions in \bassclarinet .

That sounds like it wouldn’t be applicable mid-score.
Am I missing something in what you’re suggesting?

Thanks,
Kieren.
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