Re: Choice of pitch input mode

[Carl Sorensen]

Putting it on the list (my mistake leaving it off earlier).

On 4/29/16 7:27 AM, "Carl Sorensen" <address@hidden> wrote:

>On 4/29/16 5:58 AM, "Matt Hood" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
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>>I¹ve got a non-technical question regarding mode of pitch input. What
>>does everyone prefer? Relative, absolute, or a mix of both?
>
>About a year ago, Kieren indicated that he has decided to go completely
>absolute mode, even to the point
>of redoing his historic code:
>
>https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-04/msg00846.html
>
>
>I find his arguments interesting.  And if I were engraving things as
>complex as his, I might also move to absolute.
>
>But I am working on simple, short, pieces.  The longest I have done to
>this point is about 8 pages.
>For my use case, the convenience of less typing (and to be fair, not
>having to worry about the octave
>I'm using) overrides the inconvenience of the occasional octave mistake.
>
>So I use relative.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Carl
>