If the range is only an octave, you could pick the note in the middle of the range and use that as the starting point. The following will give you an ascending scale and descending scale:
song = \notes \relative a' { e f g a b c d } The other thing you could do is write in octave 0 and transpose up or down to where you need it. Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lilypond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: creating a context?? > Well \relative in practice doesn't save me much time because a fourth > with out ' or , is not enough and I can't seem to use \relative for the > whole song. (could be I just don't know how) > > but even then I must fine tune the octave which takes me as much time as > if I entered the , 's in the first place. > > Additionally I am only type setting monphonic songs with no > accompaiment. Most of these songs ranges are within an octave. > > e' f' g' a' b' c'' d'' and sometimes the b below. > > simply put a fourth isn't enough for me. > > Aaron > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lilypond-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user