Re: why Kieren is a \relative evangelist [was “Re: Nested transposition"]

[Knute Snortum]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 5:39 PM Mogens Lemvig Hansen <mogens@kayju.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to forward another argument for the use of \relative.
>
> I have used Lilypond for several years, but I am certainly not a professional 
> musician or music typesetter.  The music I set is not overly complicated - 
> usually up to five of six (vocal) voices on up to maybe six pages.  I seem 
> unable to remember which octave is c' through c''.  Memorizing this is likely 
> simpler than memorizing that the derivative of arctan(x) is 1/(1+x²), but 
> while the latter to me is rock solid, the former is a fleeting breath.  
> Therefore I always end up taking a wild guess for the first note of my 
> \relative; once that note has been corrected, the rest is mostly right.  
> Using \absolute would, for me, be a nightmare of wrong octaves.

I use the attached PDF to help me remember absolute pitches in
LIlyPond.  I've attached it (and the source file that produced it) in
case it helps you.

--
Knute Snortum

note-chart.pdf
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