On 2016-12-21 11:55, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
Hi David,
I can't see the point in avoiding any methodology
that makes things easier and more reliable.
I agree 100%. Which is exactly why I abandoned \relative and use only
\absolute. ;)
I also stopped using \relative a few years ago (I think it was in
response to one of your posts here). No regrets here.
It's alright for simple monophonic melodies, but it gets in the way when
engraving anything with chords or polyphony. Also, if you break your
music into sections and assign them to variables, you have to either 1)
work out how octaves interact when juxtaposing these sections or 2) use
a hybrid of absolute mode for structure and relative mode for note
entry.
The main downside to absolute mode is that wrapping stretches of music
in \transpose is inconvenient, creating distracting structures in the
code that don't reflect the music. As an example, try typesetting a line
that ascends over several octaves without an abundance of apostrophes
and commas in the source.
Nathan
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