Re: \relative is not the best way of entering complicated music

[Nick Payne]

On 11/03/13 08:57, Sarah k Alawami wrote:
> Is there a way to memorize or through pattern recognition how many ' and , 
> symbols it takes to jump octaves?
Think of it in terms of staff lines or spaces: a note within a fifth of 
the previous note doesn't need ' or , to get the correct pitch, with 
accidentals being ignored in the calculation. So if a note is on a staff 
line or ledger line, then if the next note is closer than two lines 
above or two lines below, then it doesn't need ' or , to get the correct 
pitch. Similarly, if a note is on the space between two staff lines or 
ledger lines, then if the next note is closer than the second space 
above or below it doesn't need ' or , for correct pitch.

If a note is more than an octave away then add or subtract octaves until 
it's within an octave, then see if it's within a fifth or not to 
determine how many ' or , needed.