>> However there is no fundamental need for the first pitch being an >> absolute pitch in the first place. > > It can be relative to f if we want to. That adds the least amount > of information to the first pitch.
It seems to me that we should completely avoid the word `absolute' if we speak about \relative. While the statements the first pitch in \relative is absolute and the first pitch in \relative is relative to the pitch `f' are completely identical, people seem to have logical concerns to the former one... Werner _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user