Re: Clef change before first note

[Daniel Ashton]

Graham Percival wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 18:21:13 -0500
> Daniel Ashton <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I need an organ right-hand staff in which the first symbols are

> >   G clef, key signature, time signature, F clef, eight rest, notes, etc

> > The G clef is not visible.  How can I force the G clef to show up, then 
> > display the F clef as a (smaller) clef-change symbol?


> You could probably get it with a spacer note:

> \clef G
> \key a \major
> \time 17/16
> \partial 16 s16
> \clef F
> r8

True, and I hadn't thought of it.  Thanks.  However, you get a barline. 
 I added \bar "" to get rid of it.

  \partial 8 s8 \bar ""

This seems to render a fairly acceptable result, but it really feels 
like a hack.  Is there a less convoluted solution?

Notice that the problem is only seen when doing a temporary clef change 
before the first note or rest.  After the first note or rest the clef 
change works just fine, leaving the initial clef visible as expected.

Thanks again for your ready answers, Graham.

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