Key signatures for small staves - Revision history

Lemzwerg: Revised.

2026-03-18T18:11:37Z

Revised.

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:11, 18 March 2026
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	Traditionally, smaller staves ~~key signature spacing~~ is ~~slightly different than~~ full size staves ~~ones~~.		Traditionally, the spacing of key signatures in smaller staves is larger in comparison to full-size staves.

	Here's a function that automatically ~~calculates~~ the right key signature spacing according to the staff size.		Here is a function that extends <code>\magnifyStaff</code> to automatically calculate the right key signature spacing according to the staff size.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% =~~> http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1094~~		scaleStaff =
			#(define-music-function (scaleFac) (number?)
	~~%% This extends \staffSize as defined in~~
	~~%% "Changing the size of a staff with a music function"~~
	~~%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=862~~
	~~staffSize =~~ #(define-music-function (~~new-size~~) (number?)
	#{		#{
	\~~set fontSize = #new-size~~		\magnifyStaff #scaleFac
	~~\override StaffSymbol.staff-space =~~ #~~(magstep new-size)~~		\override KeySignature.padding = #(* 2/3 (- 1 scaleFac))
	~~\override StaffSymbol.thickness = #(magstep new-size)~~
	\override KeySignature.padding = #(* 2/3 (- 1 ~~(magstep new-size)~~))
	#})		#})

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	\markup\italic "Default output:"		\markup\italic "Default output:"
	<<		<<
	\new Staff \with {		\new Staff \with { \magnifyStaff #5/7 } \keyTest
	~~fontSize = #-3~~		\new Staff \keyTest
	~~\override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep -3)~~
	\~~override StaffSymbol.thickness =~~ #~~(magstep -3)~~
	} \keyTest
	\new Staff \keyTest

	>>		>>

	\markup\italic "Traditional output:"		\markup\italic "Traditional output:"
	<<		<<
	\new Staff \with { \~~staffSize #-3 } \keyTest~~		\new Staff \with { \scaleStaff #5/7 } \keyTest
	~~\new Staff \keyTest~~

	>>

	%{
	~~% For v.2.19 and higher:~~

	scaleStaff ~~= #(define-music-function (scaleFac) (number?)~~
	#{
	~~\magnifyStaff #scaleFac~~
	~~\override KeySignature.padding = #(* 2/3 (- 1 scaleFac))~~
	~~#})~~

	~~sizeTest =~~ #5/7
	~~keyTest = { \key cis\major s4*4 \bar "" }~~

	<<
	~~\new Staff \with { \scaleStaff #sizeTest~~ } \keyTest
	\new Staff \keyTest		\new Staff \keyTest
	>>		>>
	%}
	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Spacing]]		[[Category:Spacing]]
	~~[[Category:Contexts and engravers]]~~
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Specific notation]]		[[Category:Specific notation]]
	[[Category:Workaround]]		[[Category:Workaround]]
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: Lemzwerg moved page Key signature and small staff to Key signatures for small staves without leaving a redirect

2026-03-18T17:54:43Z

Lemzwerg moved page Key signature and small staff to Key signatures for small staves without leaving a redirect

← Older revision	Revision as of 17:54, 18 March 2026
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Ksnortum: Does not need full page layout

2026-03-18T16:10:58Z

Does not need full page layout

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:10, 18 March 2026
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	Here's a function that automatically calculates the right key signature spacing according to the staff size.		Here's a function that automatically calculates the right key signature spacing according to the staff size.

	<lilypond version="2.24" ~~full~~>		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% => http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1094		%% => http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1094

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	>>		>>
	%}		%}

	~~\paper { tagline = ##f }~~
	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:32:17Z

New category

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:32, 21 November 2025
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	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Specific notation]]		[[Category:Specific notation]]
	[[Category:Workaround]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Workaround]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:55, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:55:16Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:55, 21 November 2025
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	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Specific notation]]		[[Category:Specific notation]]
	[[Category:Workaround]]		[[Category:Workaround]][[Category:Snippet]]

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:52:00Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:52, 16 November 2025
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	Here's a function that automatically calculates the right key signature spacing according to the staff size.		Here's a function that automatically calculates the right key signature spacing according to the staff size.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	%% => http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1094		%% => http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1094

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:51:08Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

Traditionally, smaller staves key signature spacing is slightly different than full size staves ones.

Here's a function that automatically calculates the right key signature spacing according to the staff size.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
%% => http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1094

%% This extends \staffSize as defined in
%% "Changing the size of a staff with a music function"
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=862
staffSize = #(define-music-function (new-size) (number?)
#{
\set fontSize = #new-size
\override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep new-size)
\override StaffSymbol.thickness = #(magstep new-size)
\override KeySignature.padding = #(* 2/3 (- 1 (magstep new-size)))
#})

keyTest = { \key cis\major s4*4 \bar "" }

\markup\italic "Default output:"
<<
\new Staff \with {
fontSize = #-3
\override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep -3)
\override StaffSymbol.thickness = #(magstep -3)
} \keyTest
\new Staff \keyTest

>>

\markup\italic "Traditional output:"
<<
\new Staff \with { \staffSize #-3 } \keyTest
\new Staff \keyTest

>>

%{
% For v.2.19 and higher:

scaleStaff = #(define-music-function (scaleFac) (number?)
#{
\magnifyStaff #scaleFac
\override KeySignature.padding = #(* 2/3 (- 1 scaleFac))
#})

sizeTest = #5/7
keyTest = { \key cis\major s4*4 \bar "" }

<<
\new Staff \with { \scaleStaff #sizeTest } \keyTest
\new Staff \keyTest
>>
%}

\paper { tagline = ##f }
</lilypond>

[[Category:Staff notation]]
[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Spacing]]
[[Category:Contexts and engravers]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Specific notation]]
[[Category:Workaround]]