Works like a charm. Thank you very much!

Cheers,

Leszek.

On 18 April 2016 at 11:02, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:

> Leszek Wroński <elw...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Guys,
> >
> > if you do this:
> >
> > \relative c'' {a \absolute {a''} b}
> >
> >
> > then you jump up an octave and down a seventh. Now, suppose you want the
> > notes AFTER the absolute one 'borrow' the pitch from it, so that in my
> > example the 'b' would actually be absolute b''. How would one do this
> > without creating a new \relative expression?
>
> Not readily doable since there is no separate operation of tracking the
> last pitch and turning music into relative.
>
> > "Why on Earth would anyone want to do anything like this", I hear you
> > ask?  I realised that this seems to be the simplest way of solving my
> > infuriating tagging issue with long music expressions written in the
> > \relative mode, with which I don't want to trouble you.
>
> I recommend taking a look at \resetRelativeOctave instead.  If you write
>
> \resetRelativeOctave a''
>
> _separately_, it will not typeset any music but have the desired effect.
>
> I find that it is essentially not documented at all.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>
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