Hi there,
> The issue is not \relative, per se. I wish people would stop maligning it.
If it didn’t cause so many problems (especially for newbies) that are easily
avoided by not using it, I wouldn’t keep getting up on my soapbox. Believe me:
I’d prefer not to get my exercise that way. ;)
> All you need to do to prevent mishaps is to start each distinct segment with
> a new \relative.
> At the minimum, just wrap the new voice in its own \relative.
Yuck.
> For maximal protection, especially if you ever cut & paste things and move
> them to new contexts, or are composing and change things around, it helps to
> be explicit about each segment:
>
> \new Staff {
> \relative a' { a a a }
> <<
> \relative a' { \voiceOne a a a }
> \new Voice \voiceTwo \relative a' { e b b }
> >>
> \oneVoice \relative a' { a a a }
> }
o_O
I can’t tell you how much that example reinforces — actually, strengthens — my
deep distaste for \relative. The chaos it plays with any process involving
cutting & pasting (unless, evidently, you add a \relative every couple of
characters?!) is *exactly* the reason I abandoned the \relative ship a decade
ago.
But I guess YMMV…
Cheers,
Kieren.
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