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Mensural clefs

Mensural clefs are supported using the \clef command. Some of the clefs use the same glyph, but differ only with respect to the line they are printed on. In such cases, a trailing number in the name is used to enumerate these clefs, numbered from the lowest to the highest line.

\new MensuralStaff {
  \clef "mensural-c1" c'1
}

\new MensuralStaff {
  \override NoteHead.style = #'blackmensural
  \clef "blackmensural-c2" c'1
}

\new MensuralStaff {
  \override NoteHead.style = #'neomensural
  \clef "neomensural-c3" c'1
}

\new PetrucciStaff {
  \clef "petrucci-c4" c'1
}

It is possible to manually force a clef glyph to be typeset on an arbitrary line, see Clef. For the complete range of possible clefs, see Clef styles.

See also

Music Glossary: mensural notation, clef.

Notation Reference: Gregorian clefs, Clef.

Installed Files: scm/parser-clef.scm.

Snippets: Pitches.

Internals Reference: Clef_engraver, Clef, ClefModifier, clef-interface.

Known issues and warnings

The Mensural g clef is mapped to the Petrucci g clef.