On 18/07/19 15:42, David Kastrup wrote: >> But provided the bottom string is part of the chord, it doesn't really >> > matter. After all, chords are quite often inverted in other music too, >> > no?
> An inversion is an inversion. Guitar chords tend to be comparatively > nonchalant about them except for the root note, and that's what we are > talking about here. Isn't the whole point of an inversion that the root isn't at the bottom? At least that's what I remember from my music theory. So a C-chord using all six strings is a first inversion - the 3rd of the chord is at the bottom. Which probably does sound not too good on its own ... Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel