On Wednesday 01 September 2010 23:59:23 John Zaitseff 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 am trying to > transcribe that very chord in a song we have... > > I am quite adept at using LilyPond, but my knowledge of music theory > is virtually nil. 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#"!
> that gives "B(sus4/add3)/G#" as output---and I don't know if that is the > same as "B(add4)/G#"! It is, but Bsus4 or B(sus4) or even B4 would indicate that there was no 3rd (d#) in the chord, and add4 indicates that both "e" and "d#" are present. If it were spelled as an 11th, a jazz musician would put the 7th (a) in it, and I don't think you want that. Do chord names as markup text attached to "s" rests. Why put yourself through this? IMO it is a good idea to make notes lower case e.g.: B(add4)/g# especially in a chord part with slashes. If the tune is jazz, G#m7(#5) would be the name for <g# f# b dx> (dx=e) but names should depend on the style of music don't you think? Regards, daveA -- For beginners: very easy guitar music, solos, duets, exercises. Early intermediate guitar solos. One best scale set for all guitarists. http://www.openguitar.com/scalescomparison.html ::: plus new and better chord and arpeggio exercises. http://www.openguitar.com > > Any help would be appreciated... > > Yours truly, > > John Zaitseff -- For beginners: very easy guitar music, solos, duets, exercises. Early intermediate guitar solos. One best scale set for all guitarists. http://www.openguitar.com/scalescomparison.html ::: plus new and better chord and arpeggio exercises. http://www.openguitar.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
