Re: 8va superscript

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2019, Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote:

> How about:
> \version "2.19.83"
>
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Staff
>     \override OttavaBracket.stencil = #ly:line-spanner::print
>     \override OttavaBracket.bound-details =
>       #`((left . ((text . ,#{ \markup\concat\italic { "8" \raise #.8 \tiny "va" 
> } #})
>                    (Y . 0)
>                    (stencil-align-dir-y . ,UP)
>                    ))
>          (right . ((Y . 0)
>                    (padding . -1)
>                    (text . ,(make-draw-line-markup (cons 0 -1.5))))))
>     \override OttavaBracket.left-bound-info =
>        #ly:line-spanner::calc-left-bound-info-and-text
>     \override OttavaBracket.right-bound-info =
>        #ly:line-spanner::calc-right-bound-info
>   }
> }
>
> {
>   \ottava #1
>   c'' 4 4 4 4
> }


Not bad, almost right, I would make the vertical line at the end of the 
extender a little smaller, something like (cons 0 -1.0).

And when using \ottava #-1 the code for your extender line isn't 
usable. Take a look at Gould's Behind Bars p.28 chapter "Octave signs" to 
see what I'm trying to accomplish.

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MT