Re: Idle curiousity about ancient Lily-lore

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On 10/03/2013 17:35, David Kastrup wrote:
> I have a hard time imagining what you'd be writing after \relative if
> you can't even remember the name of middle C.
>
> Without knowing at least_one_  absolute pitch, anchoring \relative will
> be a challenge.
I simply crib the start of everything from previous pieces. And I think 
my standard start snippet is something like "\transpose c c \relative bf 
{" - now how do you know I'm a brass player in the bass clef :-) And if 
the transpose looks odd it's because I play both concert and Bf.

Actually, come to mention it, I do remember middle C being c', and it's 
always felt odd to me. It's the first note with an ', no? So my standard 
range is the notes with neither , nor ', and remembering where it 
changes isn't a priority for me seeing as I almost never use absolute 
pitches :-)

Cheers,
Wol