> I can see that one chord symbol could be interpreted in a variety of > different voicings/inversions/etc. But it is still written with one > indication/symbol.
With conventions that differ widely; hence lilypond enforcing one system I see as inelegant. > The reason that Lilypond does what it does as I see it is because > Lilypond is capable of transposing the chord symbols along with everything > else. While it is apparent that this may not be a valuable feature for you, > I have used several other notation packages and subscribed to several other > news groups for these other notation programs and although I have not made > use of chord name transposition, many others have requested this feature. To > my knowledge, Lilypond is the only program that I am aware of that does > this. I am thankful that it is a feature that is included as a possibility. > > Walter Hofmeister Again, transpositions only require the switching of the base notenames. The symbols are unaffected. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user