Re: Problems with \inversion

[Colin Hall]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:09:13PM +0100, Trevor Daniels wrote:
> 
> David Kastrup wrote Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:57 AM
> > 
> > "Both in relative notation" is asking for trouble.  I'd strongly suggest
> > only inverting absolute music, and the result of \relative ... _is_
> > absolute music.
> 
> OK, how about this: "If the pitches in a motif are expressed in 
> relative form be sure to apply any inversions to the motif outside 
> a \relative block, not within it."
> 
> Or maybe, "Motifs to be inverted should be expressed in
> absolute form or be first converted to absolute form by
> enclosing them in a \relative block."
> 
> I prefer the second wording.

Thanks for coming up with some suitable text, Trevor.

I've created a doc suggestion based on it, and the tracker is here:

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2618

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall