Re: Tangled up in Lilypond syntax

[Valentin Villenave]

On 3/28/19, Aaron Hill <address@hidden> wrote:
> That said, I fully agree with advising folks who intend on moving music
> around more fluidly to avoid \relative since it adds a maintenance chore
> that would otherwise impede the creative process.

Heh. This is one of the (few) subjects I’d tend to disagree with
Kieren about. Using \relative allows me to focus on the melodic
movements (and thus the expressive musical phrases), regardless of the
octave in which they’re taking place. Sure, it requires to be careful
when cut-and-pasting, but that’s actually quite trivial all things
considered.

I suspect using Italiano/French note names as opposed to
Dutch/English/German letter-as-notenames plays a role as well, as "do
re mi" are much more vocal syllables (and ipso facto I often find
myself singing while typing), whereas letters are more easily taken as
mere symbols (rhemes) largely devoid of any intrinsical musical
qualities and therefore more easily mixed with non-pronounceable
syntax. At any rate, that’s the hypothesis I’d submit based on my own
perception :-)

Cheers,
V.