Re: Tangled up in Lilypond syntax

[David Kastrup]

Guy Stalnaker <address@hidden> writes:

> Lilyponders,
>
> While I don't use \relative (so this isn't a topic for my personal use), I
> am curious about what happens in this excerpt that Mr. Moser provided:
>
> \new Staff \relative a' {
>    a a a << { \voiceOne a a a } \new Voice { \voiceTwo e b b } >>
> \oneVoice a a a
> }
> \addlyrics { \repeat unfold 10 test }
>
> What I engrave this with LP 2.19.82 the a pitches after the temporary
> polyphonic context concludes following the \oneVoice are not engraved in
> the same octave as the a pitches before the temporary polyphonic context.
> Is that supposed to happen?

Yes.  Look up \relative in the manual.  You may be confusing this with
the behavior implemented with \fixed .

-- 
David Kastrup