Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative

[David Kastrup]

Martin Tarenskeen <address@hidden> writes:

>>> 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.

The only thing that works reliably for copy/paste is absolute pitch.
Relative pitch is always prone to octave errors.

-- 
David Kastrup