The clef indicates which lines of the staff correspond to which pitches.
The clef can be set or changed with the \clef
command:
\key f\major c''2 \clef alto g'2
Supported clef-names include:
treble, violin, G, G2
alto, C
tenor
bass, F
french
soprano
mezzosoprano
baritone
varbaritone
subbass
percussion
By adding _8
or ^8
to the clef name, the clef is
transposed one octave down or up, respectively, and _15
and
^15
transposes by two octaves. The argument clefname
must be enclosed in quotes when it contains underscores or digits. For
example,
\clef "G_8" c4
This command is equivalent to setting clefGlyph
,
clefPosition
(which controls the Y position of the clef),
centralCPosition
and clefOctavation
. A clef is printed
when any of these properties are changed.
The object for this symbol is Clef.
This page is for LilyPond-2.0.1 (stable-branch).