c d e f g a b c'
@end lilypond
-There are two different ways to enter these note names with regard
-to octave placement: absolute and relative. The relative mode
-will in most cases be the most convenient, but the absolute mode
-is more fundamental and will be presented first.
-
@cindex absolute
@cindex absolute octave specification
-In absolute mode, every note is placed explicitly in a specific
-octave. The note names @code{c} to @code{b} are engraved in the
-octave below middle C, as in the previous example.
+There are two different ways to enter these note names with regard
+to octave placement: absolute and relative. The relative mode
+will in most cases be the most convenient, but the absolute mode
+is more fundamental and will be presented first. In absolute
+mode, every note is placed explicitly in a specific octave. The
+note names @code{c} to @code{b} are engraved in the octave below
+middle C, as in the previous example.
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment]
\clef treble
If the preceding item is a chord, the first note of the chord is
used as the reference point for the octave placement of a
-following note or chord:
+following note or chord. Inside of chords the next note is always
+relative to the preceding one.
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment]
\relative c' {
@end lilypond
@noindent
-These are the Dutch note names. In Dutch, @code{aes} is
-contracted to @code{as}, but both forms are accepted. Similarly,
-both @code{es} and @code{ees} are accepted:
+The above notes are the Dutch note names. In Dutch, @code{aes} is
+contracted to @code{as}, but both forms are accepted in LilyPond.
+Similarly, both @code{es} and @code{ees} are accepted:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
a2 as e es
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
\set Staff.extraNatural = ##f
-ceseh ceh cih cisih
+ceseh ces ceh c cih cis cisih
@end lilypond
Micro tones are also exported to the MIDI file.
@cindex transpose
@cindex transposition of pitches
+@cindex transposing instruments
@funindex \transpose
A music expression can be transposed with @code{\transpose}. The
@unnumberedsubsubsec Automatic accidentals
@cindex automatic accidentals
+@funindex set-accidental-style
+
Common rules for typesetting accidentals have been placed in a
function. This function is called as follows
-@funindex set-accidental-style
-
@example
\new Staff <<
#(set-accidental-style 'voice)