See "Known issues and warnings" in
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Writing-pitches#Relative-octave-entry
/Mats
Helge Kruse wrote:
Hello,
I write Gounod's Ave Maria for vocal and harp. Since the celtic harp
has fewer bass strings it is necessary to play one octave
Hello,
I write Gounod's Ave Maria for vocal and harp. Since the celtic harp has
fewer bass strings it is necessary to play one octave higher from
measure 20 until the end. The playing instruction can be notated with
#(set-octavation 1)
but the play had to transpose it in mind for all measure