On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:48:54 +0200, Eyolf Ostrem wrote: > On Sat 05 August 2006 09:22, you wrote: >> > I'm tempted to suggest a sponsorship for a revision of the chord name >> > system - any takers? >> >> i would support it with some amount of money. >> >> here is a pdf i posted some time ago on the wrong list: >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2006-07/pdfsOyxfTe7HO.pdf >> >> are there any chordsymbols and corresponding notes you disagree with? > > It looks good. Some comments: > > ma/mi: I'd prefer "maj" and "m", partly because in my experience those are > more common names, partly because it makes them look more different, and > partly because it gives the visual cue that 'maj' is a more special chord > than the "almost normal" m). > > parentheses - I don't think they are necessary around > (add9) True. >, (b5) Not so. > > horizontal/vertical ordering of additions: personally, I prefer the > horizontal, linear style, but it's no killing matter.
Should work either way. > > dim/aug - I've touched upon this in previous posts: I don't mind neither > the "o" nor the "+", but I prefer dim, dim7, b5, and aug. > > sus - the 4 or 2 should definitely be written out, and Csus2 allowed a > place, instead of Cadd9omit3 (at least when it is used as a suspension). Nothing wrong with C4. C2 means leave the 3rd out, as opposed to Cadd9? No problem. The only problem I have with parentheses for added notes is that it's an innovation. C(9) could be equivalent to Cadd9, but you only save one character. Not worth it. > slash chords - lowercase bass notes. Instead of "C bass" I've usuallly > written this as a slash chord without a chord: "/c", but as a standalone > chord name, "C bass" is fine. > > A personal preference of mine is to write E7#9 as E7b10. I know, it's > wrong and nobody else does it, but it just feels all wrong to regard > that last step as a raised 9nth, when it in fact functions - at least in > blues - as a simultaneous major and minor third/tenth step. I don't > expect this to be part of any official system, though... > > Other than that, I think it's a good list. So, now all we need is a > sponsorship deal with the developers... > > > Eyolf -- Free download of technical exercises worth a lifetime of practice: "Dynamic Guitar Technique": http://www.openguitar.com/instruction.html Repertoire and/or licks are ammunition. Tech is a gun. To email go to: http://www.openguitar.com/contact.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
