2011/1/5 Phil Holmes <m...@philholmes.net>:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane Brandes" <sh...@grayskies.net>
> To: <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 12:23 AM
> Subject: Ottava horizontal shift
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> This is another perplexing thing. I am trying to figure out how to
>> shift the ottava indications directly over their corresponding chords.
>> There does not seem to be an obvious solution. So here is the miminmal
>> example. The end result should have 8va loco. 8va. loco. read in a
>> single line.
>>
>> regards
>> Shane
>>
> I did look at your previous post (and spotted the mis-spelling) and
> concluded that there simply wasn't space for lily to fit everything in. Why
> would you want an ottava on one note, then lose it, then have it again, then
> lose it again? Surely it's easier for the performer to simply have ledger
> lines?
In my opinion it won't always be better to have many ledger lines, try this:
\relative a' {
<a b'>
<b' c'>
<a, b'>
<b' c'>
}
cheers,
Janek
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