Re: Customizing ottava text

[Noeck]

Hi Urs,

yes, I think you can't set the text. But you can redefine the \ottava
function and still use the Staff.ottavation to do the work behind the
scenes.

Here is my ottava function. It is extended to more than 2 octaves and
has a custom text. I always wanted a true dotted line (round dots), but
that's not so easy it seems. You asked for the line ending the bracket
today.


% define new ottava function with bold text and superscripts
ottava =
#(define-music-function (octave) (integer?)
   (_i "Set the octavation.")
   #{
     #(make-music 'OttavaMusic 'ottava-number octave)
     \set Staff.ottavation =
     #(if (< octave -1) #{ \markup \concat {
        #(number->string (+ 1 (* -7 octave))) \fontsize #-2 "mb" } #}
      (if (= octave -1) #{ \markup \concat { "8" \fontsize #-2 "vb" } #}
      (if (= octave +0) #f
      (if (= octave +1) #{ \markup \concat {
        "8" \fontsize #-2 \translate-scaled #'(0 . 0.85) "va" } #}
                        #{ \markup \concat {
        #(number->string (+ 1 (* 7 octave))) \fontsize #-2
        \translate-scaled #'(0 . 0.85) "ma" } #}
      ))))
   #})


\layout {
    \override Score.OttavaBracket.font-series = #'bold
}

\relative { a \ottava 1 a'' a \ottava -1 a,, a \ottava 3 a'''' a }


Cheers,
Joram