Re: Proposed new available and recommended behaviour of \relative

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> What is the resulting pitch of
>
> \relative c' { ces, } ?
>
> Quick, without thinking?  What is the resulting pitch of
>
> \relative f { fes, } ?
>
> Quick, without thinking?  What is the proposed resulting pitch of
>
> \relative { fes, } ?
>
> Now there is not even an opportunity for thinking.  Yes, f is special,
> but telling people to translate \relative { x } first into \relative f
> { x } and then figuring out its meaning is putting the cart before the
> horse.
>
> The whole point of the choice \relative f is not that f is such a
> pretty pitch, but rather the invariant we get, namely that the first
> pitch after \relative (whether it is only a reference pitch or part of
> the music) is absolute.

By the way: that is the reason I don't propose (I actually did at one
time, though) using \relative f everywhere without changing \relative in
any manner.

f is a distraction.  Why wouldn't you want to write
\relative fis { cis ...
instead when in a\major ?  f is not even in the scale.  Yes, both are
the same, but I don't want to even think about it, and the easiest way
not to think about it is not writing it.

-- 
David Kastrup