Re: ottava bracket and fingering

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Orm Finnendahl" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 10:42 AM
Subject: ottava bracket and fingering


> Hi,
>
> the fingering of columns is placed outside the ottava bracket in the
> following example:
>
> \version "2.13.43"
>
> \new Staff { \relative c''' {
>  \override OttavaBracket #'outside-staff-priority = #200000
>  \override OttavaBracket #'staff-padding = #60
>  \override OttavaBracket #'y-offset = #60
>  \override OttavaBracket #'padding = #60
>
>  \ottava #1
>  a16-5 ees!16-2 g,16-1
>  aes'!16-4 r16 e16-2
>  <c g' >16^\markup{\override #'(baseline-skip . 1.7)
>                    \column {\finger 4 \finger 1}}
>  f16-3}}
>
> Attached is the png to illustrate the problem.
>
> As you can see, I tried to change different settings of the properties
> of ottava bracket (quite drastically to provoke an effect) which
> don't seem to work. What am I doing wrong?
>
> --
> Orm

The OttavaBracket is a part of the Staff context, and music is in the voice 
context - so you need:
Staff.OttavaBracket


in your overrides.

--
Phil Holmes