Re: Tangled up in Lilypond syntax

[Thomas Morley]

Am Do., 28. März 2019 um 00:10 Uhr schrieb Kieren MacMillan
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> Hi there,
>
> > The issue is not \relative, per se.  I wish people would stop maligning it.
>
> If it didn’t cause so many problems (especially for newbies) that are easily 
> avoided by not using it,

I disagree (partly).

I remember as newbie I _always_ used \relative.
Once it comes to more complex situations (polyphonic music) it becomes
more, well, more complex.
Once copy/paste is wished, or worse, applying music-functions to
extracts of relative-music it has serious draw-backs or at least is
inconvenient.

Nowadays I still use \relative for simple things and I see no reason
not to recommend so.
For more involved work abolute-mode is preferable, imho.

Cheers,
  Harm