Hi, it might not be obvious to strangers to the Helmholtz pitch notation system [1], but shifting the octave is *not* absolute. So the input \absolute c'' { c' } for c''' is a contradiction in itself. That’s why I strongly recommend not to use \absolute for some kind of non-absolute notation.
Cheers, Joram [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_pitch_notation Am 18.05.2015 um 03:12 schrieb k-ohara5...@oco.net: >> I strongly prefer just two input modes, \relative and \absolute, _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel