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Relative octavesOctaves are specified by adding \relative startpitch musicexpr The octave of notes that appear in musicexpr are calculated as
follows: If no octave changing marks are used, the basic interval
between this and the last note is always taken to be a fourth or less
(This distance is determined without regarding alterations; a
The octave changing marks Entering music that changes octave frequently is easy in relative mode. \relative c'' { b c d c b c bes a } And octave changing marks are used for intervals greater than a fourth. \relative c'' { c g c f, c' a, e'' } If the preceding item is a chord, the first note of the chord is used to determine the first note of the next chord. However, other notes within the second chord are determined by looking at the immediately preceding note. \relative c' { c <<c e g>> <<c' e g>> <<c, e' g>> } The pitch after the The relative conversion will not affect |
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