On Mon 11 May 2026 at 13:59:01 (+0200), David Kastrup wrote:
> Walt North <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > I have a case where at times I want the notes to go up one octave and
> > other times not. I was thinking I could use tags to accomplish this.
> > But the tag seems to be ignored. The result always jumps an octave.
> >
> > I have tried the following combinations but I haven't hit on the right
> > way to do this.
> You are confused about the order of operations it would seem. \relative
> converts the contained music to absolute music, taking note of things
> like \resetRelativeOctave and other stuff inside.
>
> \keepWithTag removes some of the contained music.
>
> Obviously you want to _first_ remove the tags you are not using, _then_
> convert the resulting relative music to absolute music.
Would it be worth adding a small example like this to the
Known issues and warnings section of §22.2.2 Using tags,
because the first paragraph already there only warns
/against/ applying \relative after tagging.
\resetRelativeOctave has very little documentation, and
what there is doesn't suggest your use in a sequence of
"unanchored" pitches, ie mus = { … }.
\resetRelativeOctave pitch (pitch) ⇒ music
Set the octave inside a \relative section to pitch.
Cheers,
David.
