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Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relati
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David Kastrup |
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Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:11:05 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Anthonys Lists <address@hidden> writes:
> 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.)
If "the stuff around it messed up the relative octave", put it in a
\relative section of its own. That section will be relativized
independently from the surroundings.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, (continued)
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, Olivier Biot, 2013/03/13
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, David Kastrup, 2013/03/13
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, Olivier Biot, 2013/03/13
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/03/14
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, David Kastrup, 2013/03/14
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, Janek WarchoĊ, 2013/03/14
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, Anthonys Lists, 2013/03/23
- RE: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign, Curt McDowell, 2013/03/23
- Re: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign,
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