Re: \relative is not the best way of entering complicated music

[Sarah k Alawami]

Ok. I suck at reading staff lines. I come from braille music where th eoctive 
signs are given to me and I sing or play badly the correct pitches based on the 
 octave mark.

I'll try and give this mental thing a go since I bass in treble anyways around 
middle c so that might or might not help. lol! I'm determined to learn lily 
pond the best I can with out much of a headache. lol!

Thanks and be blessed.
On Mar 10, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Nick Payne <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 11/03/13 08:57, Sarah k Alawami wrote:
>> Is there a way to memorize or through pattern recognition how many ' and , 
>> symbols it takes to jump octaves?
> Think of it in terms of staff lines or spaces: a note within a fifth of the 
> previous note doesn't need ' or , to get the correct pitch, with accidentals 
> being ignored in the calculation. So if a note is on a staff line or ledger 
> line, then if the next note is closer than two lines above or two lines 
> below, then it doesn't need ' or , to get the correct pitch. Similarly, if a 
> note is on the space between two staff lines or ledger lines, then if the 
> next note is closer than the second space above or below it doesn't need ' or 
> , for correct pitch.
> 
> If a note is more than an octave away then add or subtract octaves until it's 
> within an octave, then see if it's within a fifth or not to determine how 
> many ' or , needed.
> 
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