Ottava brackets abuse

Hello, I need to write something that looks like ottava brackets, but must not affect the pitch. With _#(set-ocatavation 1)_ I can create a bracket that yields to _#(set-ocatavation 0)_ and I would also change the text to i.e. _\set Staff.ottavation = #Pincé_ after several measures. But how

RE: Ottava brackets abuse

Hi Helge, I need to write something that looks like ottava brackets, but must not affect the pitch. With _#(set-ocatavation 1)_ I can create a bracket that yields to _#(set-ocatavation 0)_ and I would also change the text to i.e. _\set Staff.ottavation = #Pincé_ after several measures.

Re: Ottava brackets abuse

Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Helge, I need to write something that looks like ottava brackets, but must not affect the pitch. With _#(set-ocatavation 1)_ I can create a bracket that yields to _#(set-ocatavation 0)_ and I would also change the text to i.e. _\set Staff.ottavation = #Pincé_

Re: Ottava brackets abuse

Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Helge, thanks for hint to TextSpanner. I suspect ottava brackets to use TextSpanner. ;-) Clever... but too complicated in this case! =) I read the manual and searched at LSR. The sample in LSR looks promisingly. But I don't get the expected results: 1) The text