determine the absolute pitch of the first note inside.
@item no explicit starting pitch
-The form @code{\relative @{ gis''' @dots{} @}}) serves
+The form @code{\relative @{ gis''' @dots{} @}} serves
as a compact version of the previous option: the first note
inside is written in absolute pitch itself. (This happens to be
equivalent to choosing @code{f} as the reference pitch.)
checks that the interval between the previous note and the
@code{@var{controlpitch}} is within a fourth (i.e., the normal
calculation of relative mode). If this check fails, a warning is
-printed, but the previous note is not changed. Future notes are
-relative to the @code{@var{controlpitch}}.
+printed. While the previous note itself is not changed, future
+notes are relative to the corrected value.
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
\relative {