Re: \relative is not the best way of entering complicated music

[Sarah k Alawami]

Oh the docs messed up. lol! It was in the notes reference guide at the octave 
checks section. 

Here is the example they gave.

\relative c'' {
  c2 d='4 d
  e2 f
}


 so I followed the directions unless I just red it wrong. lol! whichI probably 
did as I was rushing to get the assignment done. lol!

Take care and be blessed.
On Mar 10, 2013, at 12:56 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Sarah k Alawami <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> I actually tried the let's say e='t or how ever the docs were
>> written. I don't have them up at the moment and it failed with unknown
>> rhythm. Iactually meant e5 on the piano. so how would have I fixed
>> this if I had if I remember
>> 
>> [relative c'' for middle c if I remember that to and i place an e='5
>> in the block 5 measures down? so I know that's the pitch I want?
> 
> LilyPond does not relate to American (or "scientific") pitch notation,
> to the degree where it goes unmentioned in standard documentation or
> even glossary.  This is arguably a rather glaring omission.
> 
>> The book said it would correct it if it was wrong but it just through
>> up an error saying unknown rhythm.
> 
> LilyPond never uses numbers for pitches, so what you should have written
> was e='' (c' is C4, so e'' is E5).
> 
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> David Kastrup
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