On Tue 12 Dec 2017 at 22:00:47 (-0500), Shane Brandes wrote: > Frescobaldi has a neat little tool to convert from relative to absolute pitch.
… and AIUI the same tool is available as a standalone in ly, aka python-ly/python3-ly/…. > I prefer relative as a pitch entry for ease and speed. > Kieran is correct relative pitch entry can cause headaches if you > start doing manipulations on stuff. Agreed; if definitions like foo = \relative { stuff in notemode ... } are used, then \foo can be used in complicated constructions in safety, because its contents are absolute. Putting \relative { } around \score or tagged constructions containing non-absolute pitches is a recipe for obfuscation. That's a criticism of the coder, not of LP's syntax. Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user