Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarensk...@zonnet.nl> writes: >>> 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 wouldn't mind, if I can still use the the old syntax, which is what > I prefer, and if the documentation clearly explains these two ways of > usage. I think the old syntax is easier for me when I want to > copy/paste notes.
The only thing that works reliably for copy/paste is absolute pitch. Relative pitch is always prone to octave errors. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user