Re: ottava bassa

[Neil Puttock]

On 11 January 2011 10:45,  <address@hidden> wrote:

> in other words, "what you see is not what you get", meaning that the midi
> file would have the notes at the wrong octave. it's just as well, i don't
> care much for the midi file, but i would have preferred a version with the
> correct pitches. it seems that this is not possible with lilypond, right?

You can force a manual ottava bracket by setting ottavation.  This
will allow you to bypass the usual \ottava code which sets
middleCPosition for all voices:

\relative c {
  \clef bass
  <<
    { <fis cis' g'>2~ <fis cis' g'>2~ < fis cis' g'>4 }
    \\
    {
      s2 r4 r16
      \set middleCPosition = #13
      \set Staff.ottavation = #"8vb"
      \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'direction = #DOWN
      <b,,,!~ bes'^~>8. <b bes'>4.
      \ottava #0
    }
  >>
}

Cheers,
Neil