Re: relative mode quandary with example

[Hans Forbrich]

chip wrote:
> 
> I am using relative mode to enter notes, and have defined a variable to
> hold a phrase, which contains one ' mark on the first note. When I call
> that variable in the piece multiple times consequitively, it is raised
> an octave each time because of the ' mark. I can't add a , to the last
> note becuase that will lower the last note an octave too low. Is there a
> way to work around this or should I use absolute mode?
> The code in question is copied below.
> Thanks
> --
> Chip
> 
> The code in question -
> 
> interTwo = \notes {
>                 r8 r16 fis' fis4 r gis
>                 ais4 r8 ais gis4 ais
>                 }
> 

Try 

interTwo = \notes { 
             \relative c' c {
                r8 r16 fis' fis4 r gis
                ais4 r8 ais gis4 ais
             }
           }

IIRC, that tends to work.