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Re: Short ottava ambiguity
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Keith OHara |
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Re: Short ottava ambiguity |
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Sat, 23 Aug 2014 05:14:49 +0000 (UTC) |
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Simon Albrecht <simon.albrecht <at> mail.de> writes:
> By default, OttavaBracket has a minimum-length of 1 and the text is
> right-aligned to the first note in the range of the ottavation. Thus,
> it's sometimes impossible to discern from which note on the ottava is
> supposed to be applied.
It is easy to illustrate this difficulty and solution in the LSR entry
that goes in the manual section on ottavas. I just amended it with
"Short text is especially useful to clarify when a brief ottava
starts to apply."
It seems wise to let ottava spanners get very short,
\override Staff.OttavaBracket.minimum-length = #0.05
or disappear
\override Staff.OttavaBracket.minimum-length = #'()