Re: key and/or time signature at end of line

[Paul Scott]

Thank you for your reply, Hans

I'll get back with an example soon. These answers all seem to address 
the case where the changes happen one measure before the end of the line 
rather then on the next line.

Paul



On 1/25/25 11:51 AM, Hans Aikema wrote:
> > On 25 Jan 2025, at 19:33, Hans Aikema <hans.aikema@aikebah.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 25 Jan 2025, at 00:35, Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > When a time signature or key change happens at the beginning of a line it is 
> > > repeated at the end of the previous line. This is good and normal.
> > >
> > > The space needed for this is taken from the last  measure on that previous line 
> > > often making that last measure very cramped . Is there a way to change this?
> > Of course...
> And to do it only for a single case in a larger piece you could use it by just 
> surrounding the measure-after-the-break that has the time-signature / key 
> change that you want to have hidden end-of-line with a set/unset for the 
> explicitKeySignatureVisibility and prefix both \override-s with a \once:
>
> \version "2.24.4"
> {
>      \time 4/4
>      \key g \major
>      1 | \break
>
>      \set Staff.explicitKeySignatureVisibility = #end-of-line-invisible
>      \once \override Staff.KeyCancellation.break-visibility = 
> #end-of-line-invisible
>      \once \override Staff.TimeSignature.break-visibility = 
> #end-of-line-invisible
>      \time 2/4
>      \key f \major
>      2 | \break
>      \unset Staff.explicitKeySignatureVisibility
>
>      \time 4/4
>      \key e \major
>      1
> }
>
> > HTH
> > Hans