"Octave checks" occurred to me while I was writing. I should have thought to RTFM before sending...
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/changing-multiple-pitches#octave-checks Mason On 08/23, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: > I typically make few errors while inputting music. The two most common > exceptions are incorrect note durations and placing a note in the wrong > octave. The former generally is not a problem, because bar checks catch > the error and tell me where to look. However, the latter slips by more > easily. > > If after compiling I notice that a voice is in the wrong octave, I know > to then go looking for the error, but with no equivalent to bar checks, > it takes longer to find the error. Worse is when I have made two octave > errors in opposite directions, causing the voice to end up in the > correct octave. In this case, I don't spot the error until I do a round > of proofreading. > > Does anyone have any tips they've found for avoiding this kind of error > or catching it earlier? What I'm trying now is to get into a habit of > compiling and checking against the manuscript more frequently, but this > slows me down, so I'd also be interested in general strategies for > avoiding octave errors in the first place. What would be terrific is > some sort of "octave check" where at the end of a line I can enter a > pitch in absolute notation which is checked against the most recent > pitch in relative notation and throw an error if the octave is wrong, > similar to \barNumberCheck. > > Mason
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