On Mon, 04 May 2015 23:58:12 -0700, Valentin Villenave <valen...@villenave.net>
wrote:
Speaking as someone who regularly gives LilyPond initiation seminars
for adults and children, the hardest part is explaining to them why
\relative mode is not on by default.
What if they didn't have to type all those 's in absolute mode ?
You might not need to explain relative mode at all.
It was hard for me to remember when in \relative I needed g' to get a G5 but
later in a very similar circumstance the same pitch is spelled g
\relative {r2 c'4 c | g' g a a | g2 f4 f | e4 e d d | c2 g'4 g
| f4 f e e | e4 d g g | f4 f e e | e4 d c c
| g' g a a | g2 f4 f | e4 e d d | c2 r }
\absolute c' {r2 c4 c | g g a a | g2 f4 f | e4 e d d | c2 g4 g
| f4 f e e | e4 d g g | f4 f e e | e4 d c c
| g g a a | g2 f4 f | e4 e d d | c2 r }
If the melody crosses above and below C
\relative {c''4 c e8 c g4 | g8 g16 g g8 g e'4 c
| c4 c e8 c g4 | g8 g16 g g8 g c2
| c8 c c e g e c4 | g8 g' g, g' e4 c
| c8 c c e g e c4 | g8 g' g, g' c,2 }
then absolute mode needs a lot of octave marks, but all the pitches that sound
low get consistently a low octave mark
\absolute c'' {c4 c e8 c g,4 | g,8 g,16 g, g,8 g, e4 c
| c4 c e8 c g,4 | g,8 g,16 g, g,8 g, c2
| c8 c c e g e c4 | g,8 g g, g e4 c
| c8 c c e g e c4 | g,8 g g, g c2 }
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