Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative

[Shane Brandes]

I would prefer not to use the new concept of relative. It seems
awkward when a piece does not begin on a tonic it shifts the gamut in
a less useful way.

Shane

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Martin Tarenskeen
<address@hidden> wrote:
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>>> 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).
>
>
> I wouldn't mind, if I can still use the the old syntax, which is what I
> prefer, and if the documentation clearly explains these two ways of usage. I
> think the old syntax is easier for me when I want to copy/paste notes.
>
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> MT
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