Re: \relative versus \absolute (was "Re: Macro/multiply notes")

[Malte Meyn]

Another aspect: on english keyboards, the single quote ' is easily 
reachable. But on german (and maybe other?) keyboards it’s further on 
the right and you need the shift key to get it; the neo layout (a german 
ergonomic layout which I use) also needs an extra key (called mod3, at 
qwerty’s caps lock position). So it’s easier not to have to type all 
these quotes (which can be very many when you write music for piccolo 
flute, piano, …). And I find { a''' e'''' c'''' a''' } not as readable 
as \relative a''' { a e' c a }.

Of course, for music with many big intervals may be better written in 
absolute mode (you will need many ' and , anyway).

On 14.06.2014 20:43, Knute Snortum wrote:
> I am still a novice at using LilyPond (maybe a sophomore) but I'd like to
> make one case for relative notes.  I'm typesetting a piece where there are
> a lot of octave scale runs between both hands.  It's very nice to be able
> to copy several beats or even bars of notes, irrespective of the clef, and
> paste them in.  You couldn't do that with absolute notation.
>
>
> Knute Snortum
> (via Gmail)
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>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Pierre Perol-Schneider <
> address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > 2014-06-13 19:19 GMT+02:00 Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden
> > > :
> >
> > Hello all,
> > >
> >
> > Hi Kieren,
> >
> >
> > > I now code everything in absolute mode, and cannot believe how such a
> > > little change has improved my life.
> >
> > +1
> >
> >
> > > But, as you say, “that’s just me”.  =)
> >
> > Not just you, Kieren... ;)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Pierre
> >
> >
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