Re: Understanding how \tag works in \relative pitched music

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi,

> Huh, can't say I've heard of \fixed.

It may have been a relatively [ha!] recent addition…?
See <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/absolute-note-names> 

> I always use \transpose c c'', which seems to have the same effect. It looks 
> stupid in the code, though.

A quick find-and-replace should solve that.  =)

> And yeah, absolute mode is a lot easier than relative. If I want to duplicate 
> a measure, I prefer just duplicating it instead of having to adjust the 
> octave.

Agreed. And including variables in multiple scores is immediate, etc.

Cheers,
Kieren.
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