Re: Is there a short way of forcing a particular octave?

[Simon Albrecht]

On 20.12.2016 17:39, Peter Toye wrote:
> Is there a short way of forcing a particular octave? I tend to enter 
> my music using the \relative notation. I want make sure, especially 
> after a complicated set of new voices or a frequently-used music 
> pattern that's been put into a variable, that the next note will be in 
> the correct octave. I know that I can do an \octaveCheck but this 
> throws up an error message if it's not right. Is there a simple way to 
> force a note to be in a correct octave without the error messages? I 
> know that I can do  \relative c' { music } but this gives a lot of 
> otherwise superfluous brackets.
>
> What I think is really needed here is something like \forceOctave c'' 
> which moves subsequent music into the octave without any error 
> messages. Or does it exist somewhere and (as a newbie) I haven't found it?

I think \resetRelativeOctave is what you’re looking for.

Best, Simon