Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Please take a look at
>
> Issue 3229: Patch: Make \relative { ... } interpret the first pitch as
> an absolute one
>
> <URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3229>
>
> It's clear that this change will require quite a bit more work if it
> gets accepted, and it is important that we get user feedback before
> investing significant more work here.
>
> 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).  Using \relative without a
> reference pitch has previously been discouraged.  Its traditional
> meaning is to have c' used as default reference pitch, leading to the
> result
>
> \relative { f' } -> f'
> \relative { g' } -> g
>
> which is not necessarily helpful.

I mean,

\relative { f' } -> f''
\relative { g' } -> g'

Sorry for the mistake, though it kind of proves my point...

-- 
David Kastrup