Re: absolute pitch entry: accept an offset octave (issue 235010043 by address@hidden)

[Keith OHara]

On Mon, 04 May 2015 23:58:12 -0700, Valentin Villenave <address@hidden> wrote:

> Speaking as someone who regularly gives LilyPond initiation seminars
> for adults and children, the hardest part is explaining to them why
> \relative mode is not on by default.

What if they didn't have to type all those 's in absolute mode ?
You might not need to explain relative mode at all.

It was hard for me to remember when in \relative I needed g' to get a G5 but 
later in a very similar circumstance the same pitch is spelled g

  \relative {r2 c'4 c | g' g a a | g2 f4 f | e4 e d d | c2 g'4 g
   | f4 f e e | e4 d g g | f4 f e e | e4 d c c
   | g' g a a | g2 f4 f | e4 e d d | c2 r }

  \absolute c' {r2 c4 c | g g a a | g2 f4 f | e4 e d d | c2 g4 g
   | f4 f e e | e4 d g g | f4 f e e | e4 d c c
   | g g a a | g2 f4 f | e4 e d d | c2 r }


If the melody crosses above and below C

  \relative {c''4 c e8 c g4 | g8 g16 g g8 g e'4 c
   | c4 c e8 c g4 | g8 g16 g g8 g c2
   | c8 c c e g e c4 | g8 g' g, g' e4 c
   | c8 c c e g e c4 | g8 g' g, g' c,2 }

then absolute mode needs a lot of octave marks, but all the pitches that sound 
low get consistently a low octave mark

  \absolute c'' {c4 c e8 c g,4 | g,8 g,16 g, g,8 g, e4 c
   | c4 c e8 c g,4 | g,8 g,16 g, g,8 g, c2
   | c8 c c e g e c4 | g,8 g g, g e4 c
   | c8 c c e g e c4 | g,8 g g, g c2 }