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Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative |
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Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:15:42 +0100 |
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David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> Please take a look at
>
> Issue 3229: Patch: Make \relative { ... } interpret the first pitch as
> an absolute one
>
> <URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3229>
>
> It's clear that this change will require quite a bit more work if it
> gets accepted, and it is important that we get user feedback before
> investing significant more work here.
>
> The idea is that \relative { ... } (namely \relative used without an
> explicit reference pitch) uses the first note inside as the reference
> pitch. That is, if the first note happens to be written as fis'' it
> will sound as fis'' (absolute pitch). Using \relative without a
> reference pitch has previously been discouraged. Its traditional
> meaning is to have c' used as default reference pitch, leading to the
> result
>
> \relative { f' } -> f'
> \relative { g' } -> g
>
> which is not necessarily helpful.
I mean,
\relative { f' } -> f''
\relative { g' } -> g'
Sorry for the mistake, though it kind of proves my point...
--
David Kastrup