Re: 'absolute' pitches do not influence 'relative' ones

[David Wright]

On Mon 18 Apr 2016 at 14:59:14 (+0200), Johan Vromans wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:02:30 +0200
> David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > I recommend taking a look at \resetRelativeOctave instead.  If you write
> > 
> > \resetRelativeOctave a''
> 
> Why is that reset, and not set? You either reset something, or set it to a
> value. \setRelativeOctave a'' makes more sense to me.

\relative f { g a b c }

Because the relative octave is already *set* by f,
or by g in the absence of f. Reset means "set again".

Cheers,
David.