Thanks very much David.
Just tested and it works with 2.19 (not with 2.18, though)
On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:06 AM David Nalesnik <david.nales...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 4:54 PM Paolo Prete <paolopr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > Please consider this example:
> >
> > {{ \ottava #1 c'''' c'''' c'''' c'''' \ottava #0 }}
> >
> > How can I shift up the ottava bracket exactly TWO staff spaces above its
> calculated position?
> >
> > Both:
> > \override Staff.OttavaBracket.Y-offset = ... and \override
> Staff.OttavaBracket.staff-padding = ... don't seem to be the right way to
> achieve this
> >
> > Should I use some spanner, like I can do with dynamics?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > P
>
> Try \offset:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/the-offset-command.
>
> -David
>
