Re: Notes are going octaves down

[Joseph Haig]

On 03/04/07, Jesús Guillermo Andrade <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello all! This is my first post and I really can't understand what is
> it I am doing wrong. This file shows that I what to repeat a cord and a
> separate note in the same staff several times. However, the notes seem
> to be interpreted as relative in the sense that they are always going
> one octave lower each duration.
> Can you help me to fix it?... I haven't found a clear answer on the manual.
> Thanks
>
> THIS IS THE FILE
> \version "2.11.15"
> \include "espanol.ly"
> fragA = <<
>         {<si do mi> <si do mi> <la do mi> <la do mi>} \\
>         {la,,}
>         >>

As you are using relative pitch for the notes, each note is put in the
octave closest to the previous one.  This is done regardless of where
the previous note occured, so it doesn't matter that it might be in a
different chord.  In your example, the 'si' in the second chord is put
close to the 'mi' in the previous chord, which happens to be an octave
below the 'si' in the first chord.  To solve this, you need to
explicitly put it back up an octave:

fragA = <<
      {<si do mi> <si' do mi> <la' do mi> <la' do mi>} \\
      {la',,}
      >>

Note the inverted commas after the first note in each chord.

Hope this helps,

Joe.