On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 08:06:24PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
>
> The idea is that \relative { ... } (namely \relative used without an
> explicit reference pitch) uses the first note inside as the reference
> pitch. That is, if the first note happens to be written as fis'' it
> will sound as fis'' (absolute pitch).
I don't like this, since it mixes the meanings of ' within a {}
scope. I mean, with that change and given the input:
\relative { c' c' }
the first c' means "middle C"
the second c' means "jump an octave higher"
Whereas keeping the explicit initial pitch:
\relative c' { c' c' }
the c' outside the {} means "middle C"
each c' inside the {} means "jump an octave higher"
Is it really such a typing burden to add a c' between "relative"
and "{" in order to make the file easier to read? I know that
David knows this, but just to remind people, you can absolutely do
things like
\relative a'' { a b }
\relative f,, { f d }
instead of using an octave of C for the initial pitch.
- Graham
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