Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign

[Anthonys Lists]

On 13/03/2013 19:24, address@hidden wrote:
> Here's the idea.
>
> 1. Define absolute octave syntax with the @-sign (let it be a mnemonic for 
> _A_bsolute) to be the syntax for temporarily specifying an ABSOLUTE PITCH 
> within a \relative block, such that the next pitch, if it doesn't use the 
> @-sign also, is relative to the absolute pitch.
>
> 2. Keep \relative X { ... } working the same way as it is (DON'T make 
> convert-ly change it around).
>
>
> What do people think?
Okay, this may be covered by other new facilities, but I remember I had 
exactly the problem this is intended to solve. I wanted to use a 
fragment inside a relative block, but the stuff around it messed up the 
relative octave, so I wanted to be able to specify an explicit octave 
for the first note of the fragment. (Han-Wen kindly wrote me a little 
function, which may have become \reset-absolute-octave, I've never used 
that so I'm not sure about that.)

Cheers,
Wol