Re: Auto-transposition

[Shane Brandes]

Frescobaldi has a neat little tool to convert from relative to
absolute pitch. I prefer relative as a pitch entry for ease and speed.
Kieran is correct relative pitch entry can cause headaches if you
start doing manipulations on stuff.

regards,
Shane

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 5:48 PM, David Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue 12 Dec 2017 at 20:32:34 (+0100), Simon Albrecht wrote:
>> On 12.12.2017 20:30, Shevek wrote:
>> >The alternative is to use \relative {} but to use \resetRelativeOctave
>> >religiously before every phrase, even the first one in a block. I find that
>> >more natural for composing, personally.
>>
>> I find that this has the disadvantage of not checking the notes
>> immediately preceding it for octave displacements.
>
> Well, nothing checks every note except checking every note.
>
> But for a composer in the heat of inspiration (!),
> \resetRelativeOctave might allow one to work on a later
> section even though previous sections have not yet been
> fully corrected for octavation.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
>
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