Printing note names with and without an octave marker
The NoteNames
context can be used to print the text value of
notes. The printOctaveNames
property turns on or off the
representation of the octave of the note.
scale = \relative c' { a4 b c d e4 f g a } \new Staff { << \scale \context NoteNames { \set printOctaveNames = ##f \scale } >> R1 << \scale \context NoteNames { \set printOctaveNames = ##t \scale } >> }