Yes, it does. Thank you!
On 16 December 2016 at 00:48, David Nalesnik <david.nales...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Gianmaria Lari <gianmarial...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm editing a score where I would like to specify "8va".
> >
> > If I write
> >
> > \version "2.19.52"
> > {
> > \ottava #1
> > a b
> > }
> >
> >
> > lilypond creates a score with the text 8va---- but it also shifts the
> notes
> > one lower octave. So to avoid the shift I also had to specify a
> \transpose.
> > I have seen that the manual says this is what should happen but isn't
> this
> > strange? Sorry if the question is naif.
> >
> > Thank you, g.
>
>
> I don't think this is strange at all. You write the pitch you intend
> to hear, and the ottava bracket shifts its notation to a more legible
> octave.
>
> The nice thing about this is you can remove the ottava, and the notes
> will pop back into their sounding octave. Or you can change \ottava
> #1 to \ottava #2 without altering the notes.
>
> Hope this explains it--
>
> David
>
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