At 11:17 19/02/2021 -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
At 15:35 19/02/2021 +0000, Peter Toye wrote:
Is there an accepted way of notating an ottava sign for only part
of a staff? I have a two-handed chord of which the LH part needs to
be an octave lower than notated, but the RH part is at pitch.
I realise that this isn't really a LilyPond question but a general
music engraving one (it may turn into a LilPond question depending
on the answer, though)..
Do you have "Behind Bars" by Elaine Gould? It's kind of the
definitive starting place for all such questions --- and an
essential (I believe) addition to any engraver's library.
And the answer is on page 325:
"An octave sign applies to all parts on a stave. A note written with
an octave transposition should not share a stave with a note to be
played simultaneously at pitch (_loco_) if there is a feasible
alternative layout. Transfer either the _ottava_ or the _loco_
pitches to another stave. If necessary, add a third stave for this.
Where there is not room for a third stave, the occasional
octave-transposed note may be placed in the same stave as notes
played at pitch, provided that the extent of the octave transposition
is absolutely clear. For clarification, extend a dotted line
vertically to encompass occasional octave-transposed pitches; for
occasional notes written at pitch, extend a horizontal dotted line
after _loco_ for the relevant duration."
Brian Barker
