Am Fr., 29. Nov. 2019 um 18:20 Uhr schrieb Jinsong Zhao
<jinsong.z...@foxmail.com>:
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> Hi there,
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> In the following MWE, you may notice that the ottava spanner have different
> behavior. It may be my fault. However, I don’t know how to correct it.
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> The first question is why the first ottava spanner extent to the second note?
> The second question is how to prevent the ottava spanner merging, shown as
> the last two notes.
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> Any suggestion will be really appreciated.
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> Best,
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> Jinsong
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> \version "2.19.83"
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> \relative{
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> \clef bass
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> \key g \major
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> \time 3/4
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> \override Staff.OttavaBracket.direction = #DOWN
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> <<
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> { s4 <b e g b>2 }
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> \\
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> {
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> \ottava #1
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> \set Staff.ottavation = #"8"
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> <b, b'>2
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> \ottava #0
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> \ottava #1
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> \set Staff.ottavation = #"8"
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> <b b'>4
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> \ottava #0
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> }
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> >>
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> \ottava #1
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> <b b'>2
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> \ottava #0
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> \ottava #1
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> <b b'>4
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> \ottava #0
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> }
\ottava works for Staff. You told LilyPond to write your entered
Staff-input one octave below. Thus the OttavaBracket _needs_ to span
the upper Voice (although you tweaked it's direction down)
Though, I somehow doubt that's what you intended ...
Cheers,
Harm
