Changing ottava text
Internally, \ottava
sets the properties ottavation
(for
example, to 8va
or 8vb
) and middleCPosition
. To
override the text of the bracket, set ottavation
after invoking
\ottava
.
Short text is especially useful when a brief ottava is used.
{ c'2 \ottava 1 \set Staff.ottavation = "8" c''2 \ottava 0 c'1 \ottava 1 \set Staff.ottavation = "Text" c''1 }