David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> writes:

> "Trevor Daniels" <t.dani...@treda.co.uk> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup wrote Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:39 PM
>>
>>> "\relative f will interpret whatever note starts that group as if it
>>> were specified as an absolute pitch." would be what I meant.
>
>>> I would have considered it a better default
>>> for \relative { ... } as well, but that's water down the old
>>> drawbridge.
>>
>> Now that would have been sensible ... maybe still is.
>
> I don't think we should go back here.  That would be way too
> confusing.

If you want this kind of behavior, it is easy enough to define as
ablative =
#(define-music-function (parser location music) (ly:music?)
  "\\ablative { MUSIC } defines relative music where the pitch of the
  first note is specified absolutely."
  #{ \relative f $music #})

-- 
David Kastrup


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