Re: Shift up OttavaBracket

[Paolo Prete]

Thanks very much David.

Just tested and it works with 2.19 (not with 2.18, though)

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:06 AM David Nalesnik <address@hidden> wrote:

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