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2.8.2.2 Ancient accidentals

Use the glyph-name-alist property of grob Accidental and KeySignature to select ancient accidentals.

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As shown, not all accidentals are supported by each style. When trying to access an unsupported accidental, LilyPond will switch to a different style, as demonstrated in

Similarly to local accidentals, the style of the key signature can be controlled by the glyph-name-alist property of the KeySignature grob.

See also

Notation Reference: Pitches, Accidentals, and Automatic accidentals, give a general introduction of the use of accidentals. Key signature, gives a general introduction of the use of key signatures.

Internals Reference: KeySignature.

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