Hi, Christopher,

Thanks for your reply!

I wrote:

> > A very quick and simple question that has me stumped: How do I
> > enter the chord "B(add4)/G#" in LilyPond's chord mode? [...] I
> > would have thought "b:5.4/gis" would do the trick, but that
> > gives "B(sus4/add3)/G#" as output---and I don't know if that is
> > the same as "B(add4)/G#"!

To which you replied:

> Usually, a chord with an added fourth is notated "B11".  So you'd
> want b:11/gis

My knowledge of music theory is, as I said, virtually nil, but I
thought the chord "B(add4)" is <b dis e fis>, whereas "B11" is <b
dis fis a cis e>: quite a different beast.  Where "/G#" fits in, I
don't know.  What have I missed?

Thanks again!

John

-- 
John Zaitseff                    ,--_|\    The ZAP Group
Phone:  +61 2 9643 7737         /      \   Sydney, Australia
E-mail: j.zaits...@zap.org.au   \_,--._*   http://www.zap.org.au/
                                      v

_______________________________________________
lilypond-user mailing list
lilypond-user@gnu.org
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Reply via email to