Neil Puttock <n.puttock <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> On 11 January 2011 10:45, <ljc <at> internet.com.uy> wrote:
> > all of them involve somehow "cheating" the pitches, am i right?.
> > in other words, "what you see is not what you get", meaning that the midi
> > file would have the notes at the wrong octave.
Yes, LilyPond tries to make what you see be what you get, but under a simple
rule that 8va affects the whole staff, so most of us tried to trick her.
I very much like Neil's approach, because he tells LilyPond the more
sophisticated rule we really use in this case:
% Start a bracket without touching middle C
\once \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'direction = #DOWN
\set Staff.ottavation = #"8vb"
% Place middle C appropriately for 8vb, for this Voice only
\set Voice.middleCPosition = #13
%{ music written at correct pitch %}
\unset Voice.middleCPosition % so this Voice follows the Staff in future
\ottava #0
Much better than lying; when I lie I risk fooling myself.
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