Re: how to force the placement of the ottava bracket to be below the notes?

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Got it! Thanks for your patience with me!

Ken

On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 4:07 PM Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
>
> Le 02/11/2021 à 00:00, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit :
> > Hi Jean;
> >
> >    Thanks for the tip.
> >
> >    I'm using Lilypond 2.22.1.
> >
> >    I now have the attava bracket beneath the notes using " \override
> > Staff.OttavaBracket.direction = #DOWN"
> >
> >    BTW, I'm looking at the NR for 2.22.1 and I see "ottava #X" where,
> > apparently the "#" is no longer needed.
> >
> >    Is it possible that this is the old notation prior to 2.22.1 (like
> > 2.18?) that did not get updated or is the "#" just optional now?
>
>
> The use of # still works of course. It is optional since
> 2.16, released many years ago already. With #, the argument
> gets interpreted in a completely different way, involving
> the Scheme interpreter, but it is equivalent in this case.
>
> Best,
> Jean