Re: Shift up OttavaBracket

[David Nalesnik]

On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 4:54 PM Paolo Prete <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> Please consider this example:
>
> {{ \ottava #1 c'''' c'''' c'''' c'''' \ottava #0 }}
>
> How can I shift up the ottava bracket exactly TWO staff spaces above its 
> calculated position?
>
> Both:
> \override Staff.OttavaBracket.Y-offset = ...  and  \override 
> Staff.OttavaBracket.staff-padding = ... don't seem to be the right way to 
> achieve this
>
> Should I use some spanner, like I can do with dynamics?
>
> Thanks,
> P

Try \offset: 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/the-offset-command.

-David