2011/9/13 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: > Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca> writes: > >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 04:18:38PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: >>> Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca> writes: >>> >>> > I'm reluctant to add the suggestion of \relative f' { to the >>> > tutorial since all the examples are variants of c. >>> >>> Personally, I don't think \relative f' is all that interesting. The >>> really idiomatic phrase is \relative f without octave indicators. >> >> oh, ok. >> >>> quotes @code{''} and not one double quote @code{"}@tie{}! >>> @c " - keeps quotes in order for context-sensitive editor -td >>> >>> +If you carefully consider all the rules above and remember that the >>> +octave of absolute pitches also is specified disregarding any >>> +accidentals, one rather interesting consequence is that the first note >>> +in @code{@w{\relative f}} music is interpreted just the same as in >>> +absolute pitch mode. >>> + >>> @subheading Durations (rhythms) >> >> Sounds great for notation/pitches.itely. Feel free to push it to >> pitches.itely directly. But this is *not* appropriate for the >> tutorial. I will be very unhappy if you put it there. > > It already went in with the last batch of patches (I was stopping to get > anywhere because changes happened faster than I could rebase and > regtest). Feel free to revert. > > However, this particular text was intended to be written in > tutorial-speak and not tailored for the notation manual. Notation-speak > would be something like "Since octaves of absolute pitches are also > established ignoring accidentals, @code{@w{\relative f}} is > indistinguishable from having the first note specified as absolute > pitch." > > >> When users are still coming to grips with two single quotes '' vs >> a double quote ", they're not going to be carefully considering >> the specifications of disregarding interesting consequences >> carefully. >> >>> and I don't see the point in hiding this information from beginners out >>> of fear that they might like it. >> >> Trust me. The tutorial should keep words to 3 syllables or less >> if at all possible. > > How about: > "Here is a neat trick: if you write @code{@w\relative f}}, the next > note will look just like absolute pitch." > Apart from "absolute", only monosyllabic words. > > Deal?
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