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

[Dan Eble]

On May 7, 2015, at 11:19 , Paul Morris <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Here's another possibility with just two modes:
> 
>  \relative [optional pitch] {…}
>  \octave [obligatory pitch] {…}
> 
> And then just use \octave c {…} instead of \absolute {…}.
> 
> In most cases one would simply use plain {…} for absolute-entry and would 
> only need to use \octave c {…} when embedding inside \relative {…}.
> 
> (Hmmm… I think I prefer this approach over the others.)

\octave sounds like it should be a function returning the octave of a note.  It 
does not sound like an entry mode.
— 
Dan