On Sunday 26 October 2003 10:18 am, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > You can do exactly what David suggests in version 2.0 > using the following syntax: > > \octave a,, a b c d e \octave a,, a b c d e > > see > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.0/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Octa >ve-check.html Note that the \octave command both provides a warning > and corrects the octave of the following notes. > > Personally, I prefer this explicit syntax instead of reusing > the symbol ':' which is already used in the current syntax to > mean tremolo, c8:32. Even if we might find some other symbol that > hasn't already been used in the current syntax, I prefer a > descriptive command name for these things that most users don't > use every day. Of course, it's always a compromise between using > a compact syntax that's quick to enter and a more verbose syntax > that's easier to understand and remember.
Making it available to people who would use it a lot would do no harm. I would be willing to insert a colon every measure if it were useful to me, but starting every measure with \octave? Forget it. \octave is better than nothing, though, for those who use relative mode. > > Regarding Aaron's suggestion, it seems that you have missed the > main point of his suggestion, namely that he wants to be able to > specify and octave range that doesn't start with a C. For example > (as far as I understand), he wants to be able to specify that the > melody is mainly in the range a to a' and then write, for example, > Twinkle twinkle as > a4 a e e fis fis e2 d4 d cis cis b b a2 > instead of (current relative mode): > a4 a e' e fis fis e2 d4 d cis cis b b a2 > or (current absolute mode): > a,4 a, e e fis fis e2 d4 d cis cis b, b, a2, > > /Mats That can't be done already? You can't write \relative a ? I had no idea. It is certainly a desirable feature. daveA _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user