On 29/04/16 18:22, Henry Law wrote:
In a lead sheet I want to use the chord which I call an "added ninth". Using the key of C as an example, I want the chord C-E-G-D: a plain major triad with the ninth added on top.
I've documented my experiences in the relevant places in the thread elsewhere: thanks to all the people who chimed in to help.
Two general points. The first is that this confusion among "added ninth", "ninth" and "suspended second" (and possibly also "added second") is common among those who write chord charts for the kind of music I play a lot. The charts I play off often have one symbol written above piano music that plainly shows that one of the others is required. Not too serious when you see "Cmaj9" over the notes C-E-G-D, but when you end up playing a chord with a dominant seventh when the keyboard player has a diatonic one the results aren't pretty ...
The second is that might lilypond be extended to include ":add9" as one of the standard chord formulations that is recognised?
-- Henry Law Manchester, England _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
