On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Gianmaria Lari <gianmarial...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm editing a score where I would like to specify "8va".
>
> If I write
>
> \version "2.19.52"
> {
> \ottava #1
> a b
> }
>
>
> lilypond creates a score with the text 8va---- but it also shifts the notes
> one lower octave. So to avoid the shift I also had to specify a \transpose.
> I have seen that the manual says this is what should happen but isn't this
> strange? Sorry if the question is naif.
>
> Thank you, g.
I don't think this is strange at all. You write the pitch you intend
to hear, and the ottava bracket shifts its notation to a more legible
octave.
The nice thing about this is you can remove the ottava, and the notes
will pop back into their sounding octave. Or you can change \ottava
#1 to \ottava #2 without altering the notes.
Hope this explains it--
David
_______________________________________________
lilypond-user mailing list
lilypond-user@gnu.org
https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
