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Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative
From: |
Colin Hall |
Subject: |
Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:46:44 +0000 |
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mu4e 0.9.9.5-dev6; emacs 24.2.1 |
David Kastrup writes:
> Martin Tarenskeen <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>>> The idea is that \relative { ... } (namely \relative used without an
>>>> explicit reference pitch) uses the first note inside as the reference
>>>> pitch. That is, if the first note happens to be written as fis'' it
>>>> will sound as fis'' (absolute pitch).
>>
>> I wouldn't mind, if I can still use the the old syntax, which is what
>> I prefer, and if the documentation clearly explains these two ways of
>> usage. I think the old syntax is easier for me when I want to
>> copy/paste notes.
>
> The only thing that works reliably for copy/paste is absolute pitch.
> Relative pitch is always prone to octave errors.
In my early days with Lilypond I learned this to my cost. I've never
used \relative since then.
Cheers,
Colin.
--
Colin Hall
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, (continued)
Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, Graham Percival, 2013/03/07
- Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, Martin Tarenskeen, 2013/03/07
- Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, David Kastrup, 2013/03/07
- Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative,
Colin Hall <=
- Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, David Kastrup, 2013/03/08
- Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, Keith OHara, 2013/03/08
- Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, Shane Brandes, 2013/03/08
- Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, David Kastrup, 2013/03/09
Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, David Kastrup, 2013/03/09
Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, Wim van Dommelen, 2013/03/10
Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, David Kastrup, 2013/03/10
Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, Wim van Dommelen, 2013/03/10
Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, Janek Warchoł, 2013/03/10
Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative, David Kastrup, 2013/03/10