Re: ottava sign placement and bracket length

Edward Neeman Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:57:53 -0700

On 6/16/11 9:31 PM, Sepand Shahab wrote:

Dear list,

how can I adjust the bracket span length and 8va sign placement (horizontally) on a case by case basis?

I found the ottava bracket interface section in the manual but am not sure how to implement it:

http://reinhold.kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/internals/ottava_002dbracket_002dinterface.es.html

Many thanks,
Sepand

Here's my quick little function for moving the endpoints of 8va brackets horizontally using shorten-pair and extra-offset. It's not ideal because extra-offset doesn't affect spacing.

Edward

%% stretch an ottava bracket

\version "2.14.1"
stretchOttava = #(define-music-function (parser location offset) (pair?)
        #{
        \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'extra-offset = #(cons (- (car $offset)) 0)
        \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'shorten-pair = #(cons 0 (- (+ (car $offset) (cdr $offset))))
        #})

\relative c' { \stretchOttava #'(-2 . 5) \ottava #1 c'' c \ottava #0 c c }

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