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

[k-ohara5a5a]

On 2015/05/06 09:58:25, pacovila wrote:

> I love \relative mode because it fits perfectly with a certain kind of
> content. But if relative mode didn't exist, people would be much more
> efficient using clever combinations of \transpose and sequential
> expressions.

Even though \relative does exist, I use \transpose c c'' {}

\relative {} works for me on short segments of music with a singable
melody, which I think are the "certain kind of content" you mention.

I think \relative is over-used because it was given a short name and
documented to be used for note-entry.  If we have a reasonable way to
enter music with explicit octaves, then people will more likely use
\relative  where it is helpful, without feeling they need to use it
where it causes problems.


On 2015/05/06 14:48:30, c_sorensen wrote:

> So, I think I'm in favor of the proposal, but with a name change away
from
> \absolute.


Probably the best name is \octave, which was used for something similar
until version 0.1.19

    \octave c'' {c4 e g c e g c'1}


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