Re: 350 "\relative"s on all parts - is it possible to simply the code?

[Richard Sabey]

> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:31:47 -0700 (PDT)

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> To: Urs Liska <address@hidden>, Kieren MacMillan
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> Urs, Jieren & David:
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> Thank you for the suggestion. I will code parts with "\relative" and then use frecobaldi to convert it to absolute. ?This will save time to code 350 "\relative"s. ?The code is much cleaner.

Glad you found a solution you like, Ming.

I would steer clear of \relative completely. When I started using Lilypond, I used \relative because Lilypond's documentation seemed to me to say "\relative is recommended because it makes data entry easier". I found, from bitter experience, that using absolute mode is better, and one reason is that it makes it easier to make the Lilypond notation for later bits of a musical work, using the Lilypond notation you have already written for earlier bits. You can copy and paste without having to recheck the octave of the first pitch you paste.