Re: relative mode occasionally gets forgotten?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
> Music inside a \transpose or \chordmode block is absolute, unless a
> \relative is included inside the the \transpose or \chordmode block.  When
> \relative blocks are nested, the innermost relative block applies.
>   
I don't understand why \chordmode (and \chords) changes back to absolute 
mode, when \notemode doesn't. Is it just since it's less common that the 
roots of the chords span several octaves, or is there any other good 
reason why LilyPond is implemented in this way?

   /Mats