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Re: 'absolute' pitches do not influence 'relative' ones
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David Kastrup |
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Re: 'absolute' pitches do not influence 'relative' ones |
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Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:20:47 +0200 |
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David Wright <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon 18 Apr 2016 at 14:59:14 (+0200), Johan Vromans wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:02:30 +0200
>> David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> > I recommend taking a look at \resetRelativeOctave instead. If you write
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>> > \resetRelativeOctave a''
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>> Why is that reset, and not set? You either reset something, or set it to a
>> value. \setRelativeOctave a'' makes more sense to me.
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> \relative f { g a b c }
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> Because the relative octave is already *set* by f,
> or by g in the absence of f. Reset means "set again".
I'm ambiguous about that. Either way, this would warrant a shorter
name if we start bikeshedding.
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David Kastrup