Re: why recommend \relative to take a "c"?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Graham Percival wrote:
> 2)  "why a C?"  -- a few ideas:
> - for better or worse, that's the "basic" note in western music.
>   (I think they should have renamed the letters such that A major
>   had no sharps/flats, but oh well)
> - for better or worse, c is the octave boundary in lilypond, i.e.
>   c vs. c' vs. b vs. b'   in absolute mode
> - for better or worse, almost all lilypond scores use c'.  Of
>   course, this is a chicken and egg "problem", but I don't think
>   it's a particular problem.  Having a single recommended note
>   per octave increases the readability between lilypond-score
>   writers, and for the above two points, I think C makes more
>   sense than A.
>   
From a pedagogical point of view in the documentation, it's easiest to 
talk about the "middle C", it's a bit harder to explain in words which A 
you mean, for example, at least considering that many of us who write 
and read the manual are not native English speakers.
On the other hand, Mark's question is highly relevant. Why not use the 
starting note of the voice? I, myself, have mistyped the octave for the 
C at several times and would probably have done it correctly more times 
if I had used the starting note of the music instead. I probably stick 
to the C by old habit.

  /Mats
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
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