Re: another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi Kieren & Carl;

  Well, since you have already provided an MWE that shows it works as
documented, may I provide my full Lilypond code?  It is only a halfway
completed Piano arrangement of "The Elephant" from the ""Carnival of
the Animals", by Saint-Saens. It is not long and it is simple.
Perhaps I'm doing something really stupid...

Thanks,
Ken

On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 3:38 PM Carl Sorensen <c_sorensen@byu.edu> wrote:
>
> Ken,
>
> Please show an example.
>
> I assume you are using it wrong.
>
> Always enter the sounding pitch in lilypond.  In the Notation Reference, they 
> are showing you that if you don't change the pitch, an add an ottava, the 
> note will displace in the opposite direction of the ottava bracket, because 
> the pitch has not been changed.
>
> Consider the following:
>
> %%%%
> {
>   c''4
>   \ottava 1
>   c'' 4 c'''4
>   \ottava 0
>   c'''4
> }
> %%%%%%
> I think this shows that \ottava works just as it should.
>
> Carl
>
>
> 
>
>

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