Re: \relative versus \absolute (was "Re: Macro/multiply notes")

[David Nalesnik]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Knute Snortum <address@hidden> wrote:

I am still a novice at using LilyPond (maybe a sophomore) but I'd like to make one case for relative notes.  I'm typesetting a piece where there are a lot of octave scale runs between both hands.  It's very nice to be able to copy several beats or even bars of notes, irrespective of the clef, and paste them in.  You couldn't do that with absolute notation. 

Knute Snortum

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On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden> wrote:

2014-06-13 19:19 GMT+02:00 Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:

Hello all,

Hi Kieren,

 

I now code everything in absolute mode, and cannot believe how such a little change has improved my life.

+1
 

But, as you say, “that’s just me”.  =)

Not just you, Kieren... ;)

Cheers,

Pierre

For a long time, I exclusively used relative mode, but I'm having second thoughts.

I just discovered that typesetting a piano piece which constantly uses temporary voices is much easier in absolute mode. Switching from voice to voice no longer gives any register surprises.

Absolute mode also tempts me to skip a few measures when I want to procrastinate tackling a difficult spot but still want to keep working.

--David