Re: relative mode occasionally gets forgotten?

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 5/15/09 8:43 AM, "Mats Bengtsson" <address@hidden> wrote:

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> Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
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>> Music inside a \transpose or \chordmode block is absolute, unless a
>> \relative is included inside the the \transpose or \chordmode block.  When
>> \relative blocks are nested, the innermost relative block applies.
>>  
> I don't understand why \chordmode (and \chords) changes back to absolute
> mode, when \notemode doesn't. Is it just since it's less common that the
> roots of the chords span several octaves, or is there any other good
> reason why LilyPond is implemented in this way?

I have no idea why LilyPond is implemented in this way.

\chords behaves the same as \chordmode because \chords is just equivalent to
\new ChordNames \chordmode, which I am sure you already knew.

Thanks,

Carl