Re: OT: chord naming question

2016-05-27 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 27.05.2016 um 15:29 schrieb Urs Liska: Am 27.05.2016 um 14:20 schrieb Marc Hohl: Write the highest note as an a# and consider it as an added 13#. Write the upper notes as c-e-bf and interpret it as bitonal (C7 over csharp). Ok. If I include the g-sharp I got C7#5 over c#. Wow. That'd be

Re: OT: chord naming question

2016-05-27 Thread Urs Liska
Am 27.05.2016 um 14:20 schrieb Marc Hohl: >> Write the highest note as an a# and consider it as an added 13#. >> >> Write the upper notes as c-e-bf and interpret it as bitonal (C7 over >> csharp). > > Ok. If I include the g-sharp I got C7#5 over c#. Wow. That'd be an option but I meant something

Re: OT: chord naming question

2016-05-27 Thread Marc Hohl
mmaj7/Abmmaj7 at the very beginning). The melody fits nicely into c-sharp phrygian, but I assume that this does not help very much for the chord naming problem here. Cheers, Marc Cheers, Harm ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org h

Re: OT: chord naming question

2016-05-27 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 27.05.2016 um 13:11 schrieb Urs Liska: Am 27. Mai 2016 12:58:10 MESZ, schrieb Michael Hendry : On 27 May 2016, at 11:36, Marc Hohl wrote: Hi list, as there are already (partly very emotional) dicussions concerning F# vs. Gb in another (hijacked) thread, https://lists.gnu.org/archive

Re: OT: chord naming question

2016-05-27 Thread Urs Liska
Am 27. Mai 2016 12:58:10 MESZ, schrieb Michael Hendry : > >> On 27 May 2016, at 11:36, Marc Hohl wrote: >> >> Hi list, >> >> as there are already (partly very emotional) dicussions concerning >> F# vs. Gb in another (hijacked) thread, >> >https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-

Re: OT: chord naming question

2016-05-27 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 27 May 2016, at 11:36, Marc Hohl wrote: > > Hi list, > > as there are already (partly very emotional) dicussions concerning > F# vs. Gb in another (hijacked) thread, > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-05/msg00418.html > I hope to get some information *without* starting

Re: OT: chord naming question

2016-05-27 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-05-27 12:36 GMT+02:00 Marc Hohl : > Hi list, > > as there are already (partly very emotional) dicussions concerning > F# vs. Gb in another (hijacked) thread, > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-05/msg00418.html > I hope to get some information *without* starting a flame war

OT: chord naming question

2016-05-27 Thread Marc Hohl
Hi list, as there are already (partly very emotional) dicussions concerning F# vs. Gb in another (hijacked) thread, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-05/msg00418.html I hope to get some information *without* starting a flame war ;-) I have the following chord played on a guit

Re: Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-11 Thread tisimst
user mailing list >> [hidden email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=172941&i=2> >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> >> > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > [hidden emai

Re: Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-11 Thread Peter Teeson
On 2015-03-11, at 2:14 PM, Tim McNamara wrote: >> On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:35 PM, Peter Teeson wrote: >> Hi Tim: >> On 2015-03-09, at 2:53 PM, Tim McNamara wrote: >>> There is also the pop-chords.ly file that can be used for chord names and I >>> am working on modifying the same file to follow th

Re: Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-11 Thread Tim McNamara
> On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:35 PM, Peter Teeson wrote: > > Hi Tim: > On 2015-03-09, at 2:53 PM, Tim McNamara > wrote: >> There is also the pop-chords.ly file that can be >> used for chord names and I am working on modifying the same file to foll

Re: Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-11 Thread Stjepan Horvat
This is the site https://sites.google.com/site/jpgzic/home/ver-2-14 On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:35 AM, Peter Teeson wrote: > Hi Tim: > On 2015-03-09, at 2:53 PM, Tim McNamara wrote: > > There is also the pop-chords.ly file that can be used for chord names and > I am working on modifying the same

Re: Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-10 Thread Peter Teeson
Hi Tim: On 2015-03-09, at 2:53 PM, Tim McNamara wrote: > There is also the pop-chords.ly file that can be used for chord names and I > am working on modifying the same file to follow the Roemer chord name > conventions which I will make available when done. Have you finished the Brandt Roemer co

Re: Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-10 Thread Peter Teeson
Thanks for your help. I will explore and learn.. respect… Peter On 2015-03-09, at 2:53 PM, Tim McNamara wrote: > There is also the pop-chords.ly file that can be used for chord names and I > am working on modifying the same file to follow the Roemer chord name > conventions which I will make

Re: Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-09 Thread Tim McNamara
ot know how to set things up to use the alternate jazz chord naming >> system. >> Notation p 392 "An alternate jazz chord system has been developed using >> these modifications. " >> >> The snippet shows what I am doing now. >> But the 2nd and 4th chord

Re: Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Mar 2015, at 17:31, Peter Teeson wrote: > > I do not know how to set things up to use the alternate jazz chord naming > system. > Notation p 392 "An alternate jazz chord system has been developed using these > modifications. " > > The snippet shows

Help please with alternate jazz chord naming system

2015-03-09 Thread Peter Teeson
I do not know how to set things up to use the alternate jazz chord naming system.Notation p 392 "An alternate jazz chord system has been developed using these modifications. "The snippet shows what I am doing now.But the 2nd and 4th chord names are using the Ignatzek name. I want the a

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-26 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Jack Cooper wrote: In general, I do the following when I'm looking for information about a topic in lilypond and have done this since starting out: 1 - Check the notation manual. I will sometime browse the TOC or look specifically in the index. 2 - Do a search in the u

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Cooper
> Cc: "lilypond-user@gnu.org" > Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 2:52:43 AM > Subject: Re: Chord Naming > > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010, Jack Cooper wrote: > You don't have to do > this for major sevenths- just include the following within your ChordNames > contex

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-25 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010, Jack Cooper wrote: You don't have to do this for major sevenths- just include the following within your ChordNames context: \context ChordNames = "Chords" { \set majorSevenSymbol = "maj7" ... } Thank you. THAT's the kind of easy-to-understand-and-read

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-25 Thread James Bailey
Aside from the various pre-defined chord displays, no. On 25.04.2010, at 16:48, Gerry Prosser wrote: Is there a similar 'easy' solution for 'dim' and 'aug' ? I don't (want to) understand guitar chords - I play the clarinet ! (I have tried \set dimSymbol and \set augSymbol but nothing changed)

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-25 Thread Gerry Prosser
Is there a similar 'easy' solution for 'dim' and 'aug' ? I don't (want to) understand guitar chords - I play the clarinet ! (I have tried \set dimSymbol and \set augSymbol but nothing changed) Gerry On 25 April 2010 13:53, Jack Cooper wrote: > You don't have to do this for major sevenths- jus

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-25 Thread Jack Cooper
r, BerLen Music www.berlenmusic.com www.jack-cooper.com - Original Message > From: Jonathan Kulp > To: Tim Rowe > Cc: "lilypond-user@gnu.org" > Sent: Sat, April 24, 2010 7:30:13 PM > Subject: Re: Chord Naming > > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Tim

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-25 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010, James Bailey wrote: On 25.04.2010, at 01:46, Tim Rowe wrote: In other words, I want C major 7 to show as Cmaj7, not as C with a triangle next to it. Check out this snippet: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=459 Um, well, thanks I suppose. I can't make any sense

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-25 Thread James Bailey
On 25.04.2010, at 01:46, Tim Rowe wrote: On 25 April 2010 00:30, Jonathan Kulp wrote: On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Tim Rowe wrote: I'm sure I used to be able to do this, but now I can't. I must be getting forgetful! How do I get Lilypond to show chord names instead of jazz symbols (I

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-24 Thread Tim Rowe
On 25 April 2010 00:30, Jonathan Kulp wrote: > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Tim Rowe wrote: >> I'm sure I used to be able to do this, but now I can't. I must be >> getting forgetful! >> >> How do I get Lilypond to show chord names instead of jazz symbols (I'm >> not a jazzer!) >> >> In other

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-24 Thread Jonathan Kulp
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Tim Rowe wrote: > I'm sure I used to be able to do this, but now I can't. I must be > getting forgetful! > > How do I get Lilypond to show chord names instead of jazz symbols (I'm > not a jazzer!) > > In other words, I want C major 7 to show as Cmaj7, not as C with

Chord Naming

2010-04-24 Thread Tim Rowe
I'm sure I used to be able to do this, but now I can't. I must be getting forgetful! How do I get Lilypond to show chord names instead of jazz symbols (I'm not a jazzer!) In other words, I want C major 7 to show as Cmaj7, not as C with a triangle next to it. Thanks in advance. -- Tim Rowe __

Re: Chord Naming

2009-02-09 Thread Momo (Paul Rode)
fiëé visuëlle wrote: > Hallo Momo, übrigens! ;-) Hi Hraban, LOL... Actually, you were one of the potential "jumpers-for-joy" I had in mind :o) Good to meet you here - it's a small pond... Kind regards, Momo / Paul. ___ lilypond-user mailing list li

Re: Chord Naming

2009-02-09 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2009-02-08 um 22:27 schrieb Momo (Paul Rode): I'm not sure if this is part of my proposed change or not. But I recognize that it's on the list, and hope to be able to figure it out. Thank you so much! :o) Since I asked the same when I started using LilyPond and quietly but dissatified

Re: Chord Naming

2009-02-08 Thread Momo (Paul Rode)
Hi Carl, > I'm not sure if this is part of my proposed change or not. But I recognize > that it's on the list, and hope to be able to figure it out. Thank you so much! :o) > Have you subscribed to the list? You can do so by visiting this page: > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-u

Re: chord naming question

2009-02-07 Thread James E. Bailey
ent of the flat symbol. I have to use a modified semi-german chord naming method because the person I'm engraving for likes Bb (with the flat symbol), and H for B natural. I notice that in my modified chord init template, with \set chordRootNamer = #(chord-name->german-markup #f) I get that,

Re: chord naming question

2009-02-07 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
to use a modified semi-german chord naming method because the > person I'm engraving for likes Bb (with the flat symbol), and H for B > natural. I notice that in my modified chord init template, with \set > chordRootNamer = #(chord-name->german-markup #f) I get that, but the >

chord naming question

2009-02-07 Thread James E. Bailey
I'm going to be engraving some more music with chords, and thanks to last time, I have appropriate templates that will work. But, one problem that is inconsistent is the placement of the flat symbol. I have to use a modified semi-german chord naming method because the person I'm

Re: Chord Naming

2009-02-06 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 2/6/09 5:18 AM, "Momo (Paul Rode)" wrote: > Hi Carl, > > sorry for the late reply... > > I'm still a bit of a Lilypond newbie and therefore > do not completely understand what you intend to do. > > It does, however, even to me sound like it's got > something to do with how a chord design

Re: Chord Naming

2009-02-06 Thread Momo (Paul Rode)
Hi Carl, sorry for the late reply... I'm still a bit of a Lilypond newbie and therefore do not completely understand what you intend to do. It does, however, even to me sound like it's got something to do with how a chord designation looks like in the end. Right? If so: I know a couple of people

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-28 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Tuesday 27 January 2009, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > > > > On Friday 23 January 2009, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > > We currently have issues with the chord naming functions of LilyPond. > > If we > > > pass a \chordmode chord to the the ChordNames cons

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-27 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, I gave up on lilypond's chords when I was unable to write an F#9 (b5)/a#. Something like this? \version "2.12" \include "english.ly" customChordExceptions = { -\markup { \concat { "9(" \raise #0.35 \fontsize #-2 \flat "5)" } } } newChordExceptionList = #(append (sequential

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-27 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
> > On Friday 23 January 2009, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > We currently have issues with the chord naming functions of LilyPond. > If we > > pass a \chordmode chord to the the ChordNames construct, we very > seldom get > > out what we put in (i.e. c:maj13 will

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-27 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Friday 23 January 2009, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > We currently have issues with the chord naming functions of LilyPond. If we > pass a \chordmode chord to the the ChordNames construct, we very seldom get > out what we put in (i.e. c:maj13 will give Cmaj7/9/add13). This is bec

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-25 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 1/25/09 6:08 AM, "Tao Cumplido" wrote: > Original-Nachricht >> Datum: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:10:15 -0700 >> Von: "Carl D. Sorensen" > > >> The same is true under my proposal. Exceptions (I don't really like the >> term; I'd prefer to just call them chord names) are store

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-25 Thread Tao Cumplido
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:10:15 -0700 > Von: "Carl D. Sorensen" >Not quite. I want to make a facility that makes it easy for everyone to >create their favorite way, if one of the defaults isn't what is wanted. And >dolmetsch.com just provides a list of t

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-24 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 1/24/09 4:02 AM, "Tao Cumplido" wrote: > I never use fret diagrams so I don't know how this predefined exceptions work. You can get a description of how the predefined fretboards work, including the addition of new diagrams, by looking in the Notation Reference, Section 2.4.1 Common notati

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-24 Thread Tao Cumplido
s and I'd be happy to help out with expanding your exceptions list. Regards, Tao Original-Nachricht > Datum: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:48:41 -0500 > Von: David Stocker > An: "Carl D. Sorensen" > CC: lilypond , lilypond-devel > Betreff: Re: Chord

Re: Chord Naming

2009-01-23 Thread David Stocker
esting. I can commit to a few hours a week on this, once you get it going (if you'd like). Let me know if you need that kind of assistance, since I'm not a programmer. Dave Carl D. Sorensen wrote: We currently have issues with the chord naming functions of LilyPond. If we pass

Chord Naming

2009-01-23 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
We currently have issues with the chord naming functions of LilyPond. If we pass a \chordmode chord to the the ChordNames construct, we very seldom get out what we put in (i.e. c:maj13 will give Cmaj7/9/add13). This is because we currently try to do the chord naming algorithmically. I'd li

Re: Banter chord naming convention

2008-08-13 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 8/13/08 1:38 PM, "Neil Puttock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the status of jazz-chord-names; is it also to be removed? My reading on Han-Wen's comment was not that he was going to remove Banter, but that he was OK to have it removed. Right now, I'm not going to jump into removing Ba

Re: FW: Banter chord naming convention

2008-08-13 Thread Neil Puttock
What's the status of jazz-chord-names; is it also to be removed? If you have a look at the chord chart, you'll see it's broken in several ways, mainly due to the legacy code which it shares with banter-chord-names: - the chord name separator is blank - chord name exceptions get ignored Are chord

Re: FW: Banter chord naming convention

2008-08-11 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
I am fine with dropping this code. On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Carl D. Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First question: Does anybody know when Banter chord naming quit working? > Second question: Does anybody care that Banter chord naming doesn't work? --

FW: Banter chord naming convention

2008-08-11 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
-- Forwarded Message From: "Carl D. Sorensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:19:19 -0600 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, lily-devel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Conversation: Banter chord naming convention Subject: Banter chord naming convention In responding to T

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-13 Thread joelinux
harmonic points in the future. -Original Message- >From: Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 12, 2006 8:56 AM >To: Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org >Subject: Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation) > >Hi, y

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-12 Thread Paul Scott
Jon Wild wrote: On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Andre Schnoor wrote: Oops, thanks. How could I ... it seems I got used to using the wrong symbol all the time. Diminished chords have a minor 3rd anyway, so the additionam "m" not necessary. But what's the other one? C E Gb Bbb (or in G melodic minor: C

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-12 Thread Jon Wild
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Andre Schnoor wrote: Oops, thanks. How could I ... it seems I got used to using the wrong symbol all the time. Diminished chords have a minor 3rd anyway, so the additionam "m" not necessary. But what's the other one? C E Gb Bbb (or in G melodic minor: C E Gb A) This s

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, y'all: We'll see who else jumps in here. Thought I'd add my 2¢, after lurking a while... C E Gb Bbb (or in G melodic minor: C E Gb A) (In G melodic that would be written F#) Here's my experience: 1. In analysis (i.e., the "classical" tradition), the chord is written out (enharmo

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-12 Thread Paul Scott
Andre Schnoor wrote: Paul Scott wrote: Andre Schnoor wrote: Er, no. These are three distinctive chords: Xdim = 1, b3, b5 Xm.dim7= 1, b3, b5, b7 Xdim7= 1, 3, b5, b7 One may argue that "m.dim7" is a weird exception in that is uses that fancy dot. Alternatively "X(b5,b7)" wo

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-12 Thread Andre Schnoor
Paul Scott wrote: Andre Schnoor wrote: Er, no. These are three distinctive chords: Xdim = 1, b3, b5 Xm.dim7= 1, b3, b5, b7 Xdim7= 1, 3, b5, b7 One may argue that "m.dim7" is a weird exception in that is uses that fancy dot. Alternatively "X(b5,b7)" would be more precise, b

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-12 Thread Paul Scott
Andre Schnoor wrote: Er, no. These are three distinctive chords: Xdim = 1, b3, b5 Xm.dim7= 1, b3, b5, b7 Xdim7= 1, 3, b5, b7 One may argue that "m.dim7" is a weird exception in that is uses that fancy dot. Alternatively "X(b5,b7)" would be more precise, but nobody uses tha

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-12 Thread Andre Schnoor
rds, 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 conven

Re: Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-09 Thread joelinux
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@gn

Chord naming conventions (was: triangle chord notation)

2006-08-08 Thread Andre Schnoor
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