Kieren, thanks for having had your 'Eureka' experience and explaining this here. I would be perfectly happy if your explanation would be included in the documentation (hint :)
arie On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 21:53, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: > Hello, all -- > > One more clarification that might help \relative newbies... > > Unlike \transpose x {}, the pitch that is chosen to "define" (begin) > the \relative mode block is used ONLY to provide the "relative origin" > for the FIRST NOTE, and has no other effect on future pitches. > > For example, the following two sets will output the same result: > > \notes \relative c'' {g b d} > \notes \relative c' {g' b d} > > Notice that once the g(') has been "relativized", the next pitch (b) > uses it as its "relative origin" without any reference to the c'(') > which "initialized" the \relative note block. [This is obviously very > different from \transpose, in which the "definition pitches" affect ALL > pitches enclosed in the block.] > > Hope this helps! > Kieren. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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