Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign

[David Kastrup]

Anthonys Lists <address@hidden> writes:

> On 13/03/2013 19:24, address@hidden wrote:
>> Here's the idea.
>>
>> 1. Define absolute octave syntax with the @-sign (let it be a
>> mnemonic for _A_bsolute) to be the syntax for temporarily specifying
>> an ABSOLUTE PITCH within a \relative block, such that the next
>> pitch, if it doesn't use the @-sign also, is relative to the
>> absolute pitch.
>>
>> 2. Keep \relative X { ... } working the same way as it is (DON'T
>> make convert-ly change it around).
>>
>>
>> What do people think?
>>
>>
> Okay, this may be covered by other new facilities, but I remember I
> had exactly the problem this is intended to solve. I wanted to use a
> fragment inside a relative block, but the stuff around it messed up
> the relative octave, so I wanted to be able to specify an explicit
> octave for the first note of the fragment. (Han-Wen kindly wrote me a
> little function, which may have become \reset-absolute-octave, I've
> never used that so I'm not sure about that.)

If "the stuff around it messed up the relative octave", put it in a
\relative section of its own.  That section will be relativized
independently from the surroundings.

-- 
David Kastrup