[Lilypond-auto] Issue 4366 in lilypond: absolute entry mode with less typing

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Status: Accepted
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Labels: Patch-new Type-Enhancement

New issue 4366 by address@hidden: absolute entry mode with less typing
https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4366

Note entry using octaves relative to the previous pitch causes some  
problems,  
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-04/msg00850.html>
  \relative { r8 a'' g a f a e a | d, a' a, a' b, a' cis, a'
    | d, a' cis, a' d, a' e a | f1 }

Note entry using absolute octaves requires many repetitive octave  
indicators,
  {  r8 a''8 g''8 a''8 f''8 a''8 e''8 a''8
   | d''8 a''8 a'8 a''8 b'8 a''8 cis''8 a''8
   | d''8 a''8 cis''8 a''8 d''8 a''8 e''8 a''8
   | f''1 }

but this is easily resolved by giving \absolute a home-octave, analogous to  
the starting pitch of \relative.
  \absolute 2 { r8 a g a f a e a | d a a, a b, a cis a
     | d a cis a d a e a | f1 }

The same pitch-entry method can be had with \transpose c c'' {} but this is  
rarely used.  \absolute 2 could be used in introductory examples where  
\relative c'' is currently.

http://codereview.appspot.com/235010043/

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