2015-04-23 9:21 GMT+02:00 Martin Tarenskeen <[email protected]>:

>
> I often use LilyPond to quickly enter a very simple tune or small
> pianosheet needing just a simple texteditor (Vim). I use \relative all the
> time. c g c e g is soo much faster and easier than c''' g'' c''' e''' g'''
> g'''.
>
> And personally I find lilypond code in \relative mode easier to read.
>
> I agree that for complex scores with much music in variables \relative
> mode can have annoying side-effects.


I agree: relative mode is much easier to enter.
If you structure your files in a way that causes relative mode to produce
side-effects, you can still enter in relative mode and then convert in
absolute mode when you've finished (Frescobaldi can do it).
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