Re: ottava bassa

[Phil Holmes]

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> > If you modify that function in scm/define-music-callbacks.scm to 'Voice
> > instead of 'Staff, then \ottava only applies to the current voice (which 
> > is,
> > however, probably now what we want by default).

> i guess you meant that this is *not* what we want? it really isn't? i 
> mean, if you instantiate two voices and put the \ottava indication  only 
> in one, i guess you only want the octave change only in that  voice. not 
> uncommon in piano music, among other cases.


The problem with this approach is: if you want the ottavation to apply to 
the staff, which is common, would you need to set it in each voice?  And 
then you'd need to detect that it had already been set and not typeset it.

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Phil Holmes