So, again, it boils down to whatever works. There's no standard to this, and frankly, I've never experienced that as a problem. Jazz music is improvised music, and I don't know a jazz musician who has problems "improvising" here as well. Everyone has different preferences, sure, but problems reading different styles - not at all. My own preference for C-Δ7 over, say, Cmmaj7 is simply a question of space: the latter takes up WAY too much of it (in particular as this chord often appears as a transition between C- and C-7 and uses only half a bar).
But there's another thing that surprises me in this discussion: I always thought that Lilypond is mainly being used and intended for "classical" (exact) music. Now I have the impression that indeed many use it for jazz sheets as we'll - I, myself, use LP only for that, but can't move from version 2.16 to 17 or 18, because the possibility to have Staffs accept chord names has been removed. That is, however a common notation practice in jazz music. Is there an obvious replacement for this that I haven't seen yet ... or is no one but me using that notation style in LP? Best, Robert - Von meinem Fliewatüüt gesendet. > On 17 Mar 2014, at 10:12, Marc Hohl <m...@hohlart.de> wrote: > > Am 17.03.2014 01:45, schrieb Jim Long: >>> I understand the Cmi7, too, but when sketching >>> some chords on paper during a Jazz session, a simple "-" is >>> way faster to write than "mi" all the way. >>> >>> So it's rather a matter of personal taste IMHO. >>> >>> Just my 2 cents >>> >>> Marc >> >> With great respect, I beg to add, >> >> Beware of "shortcuts" which are for the benefit of the writer. >> IMO, engraving decisions should be made for the benefit of the >> reader. > > Yep, that's true. I was unclear in my answer above: the first > "Real Book" was a collection of songs written by Steve Swallow. > He used the "-" sign for the whole book AFAIK. > After his collection got copied over and over again, most > musicians got accustomed to this style. So I think it's a matter > of habit. > > Speaking for myself, I'd prefer a C-7 over a Cmi7, and a C-Δ > over Cmmaj7. But I can play both ;-) > > Marc > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
