Looks good, but regarding the 1st two chords, I would go with > dim > dim7
C Eb Gb A (Bbb) instead of m.dim7 unless you are wanting to spell C Eb G A -----Original Message----- >From: Andre Schnoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 8, 2006 1:54 PM >To: lilypond-user@gnu.org >Subject: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation) > >Maybe this could contribute to the discussion regarding chord input >syntax. Below is an excerpt of chord names which are currently supported >by my software Harmony Navigator. Last year I've had a fruitful >discussion on rec.music.theory with Joey Goldstein. I found his >suggested "standard" quite usefull, because it is relatively easy to >parse and a human-readable standard at the same time. > >The general idea is to have some convenience shortcuts immediately >following the root pitch (e.g. 'maj7', 'm', '7') that start an initial >interval structure. Then, additional intervals can be added in brackets, >each separated by a comma. A software can either lookup shortcuts in a >dictionary/map or parse the list of intervals in the brackets and add >them to the final structure. That's the input so far. > >Regarding the printed output, I'd like to suggest a dictionary/map that >maps interval structures to text/graphics markups. This map can be >customized to arbitrary styles without problems. If a certain entry is >missing from the map, the original input string could be used as a >fallback, printed with an uppercase intial letter and the rest in >superscript. > >The parsing is unambigous in any case, while printing becomes a matter >of taste and personal preference to a large extent. I believe that is >ok. What do you think? > >Andre > >-- > > dim > m.dim7 > m7(b5) > m > m6 > m7 > m7sus > m7(b9) > m9 > m11 > m13 > m(maj7) > m6(add9) > m(#5) > m7(#5) > (b5) > dim7 > 7(b5) > 7(b5,#9) > maj7(b5) >'' empty = Major > (add2) > (add4) > 6(add4) > 6 > 7 > 7(b9) > 7(b9,#9) > 9 > 7(9,11,13) > 7(9,#11) > 7(9,13) > 7(#9) > 7(13) > maj7 > maj7(add4) > maj7(9) > maj7(9,11) > maj7(13) > (add9) > 6(add9) > aug > 7(#5) > maj7(#5) > sus2 > sus4 > 7sus > 7sus4(10) > > >_______________________________________________ >lilypond-user mailing list >lilypond-user@gnu.org >http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
