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

[David Kastrup]

address@hidden writes:

> Huh, can't say I've heard of \fixed. I always use \transpose c c'',
> which seems to have the same effect. It looks stupid in the code,
> though.

The effect is not the same.

\transpose c c'' \absolute ...

is the same as

\transpose c c'' ...

while

\fixed c'' \absolute ...

is the same as

\transpose c c ...

since \fixed, like \relative and \absolute, does not affect music that
has already been turned into absolute in some manner.

This may be quite relevant when working with music variables.

-- 
David Kastrup