On May 6, 2015, at 14:43 , David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Neither \octave { bes, c d e f } nor \octave c { c' bes as g } or > \octave c'' { c' bes as g } seem particularly convincing.
+1 > \absolute c { c; bes as g } \absolute c'’ { c' bes as g } After further thought, and with respect, “meh." \transpose is effective, mostly obvious, and doesn’t require explaining away things like a pitch parameter with no effect that must be a c. Is there anything stopping a user who wants a shorthand for \transpose c X \absolute from defining one? — Dan _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel