On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:48 PM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote:
> David Nalesnik <[email protected]> writes: > > > I just discovered that typesetting a piano piece which constantly uses > > temporary voices is much easier in absolute mode. Switching from voice > > to voice no longer gives any register surprises. > > > > Absolute mode also tempts me to skip a few measures when I want to > > procrastinate tackling a difficult spot but still want to keep > > working. > > Well, there is always \resetRelativeOctave, and after getting the > octaves wrong, at most one note needs changing to get back into synch > anyway. > > While the make-relative macro can help a lot, designing music > manipulating macros that don't do surprising things in \relative mode is > also tricky. > One can also use octave checks in relative mode: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/changing-multiple-pitches#octave-checks
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