Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-06-02 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jun 2, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Louis Guillaume wrote: > On 6/1/12 6:16 PM, Jeff Barnes wrote: > >> To me, there is no such thing as a flat 6. It's flat 13, and almost >> always that means -alt. The definition of -alt to me is altered 9th >> and flat 13. Although... I usually omit the 11th in an alt

Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-06-02 Thread Louis Guillaume
On 6/1/12 6:16 PM, Jeff Barnes wrote: To me, there is no such thing as a flat 6. It's flat 13, and almost always that means -alt. The definition of -alt to me is altered 9th and flat 13. Although... I usually omit the 11th in an alt chord. Hmmm I may need to re-think. As I learned it, an "alte

Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-06-01 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jun 1, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Jeff Barnes wrote: > > > > >> From: Louis Guillaume > >>> If I may start with a bit of humble philosophy, when I see a flat >>> 9 especially, I almost always conclude that the tonality will >>> include a sharp 9 as well, simply because of the dissonance that >>>

Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-06-01 Thread Jeff Barnes
> From: Louis Guillaume >> If I may start with a bit of humble philosophy, when I see a flat >> 9 especially, I almost always conclude that the tonality will >> include a sharp 9 as well, simply because of the dissonance that >> would result from having the flat 9 competing against an >>

Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-06-01 Thread Louis Guillaume
On 5/28/12 6:38 PM, lilyp...@umpquanet.com wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 09:48:29AM -0400, Louis Guillaume wrote: There is, however, one thing that I find impossible, that is, having two of the same tension in the chord symbol expression. There is a single case I can think of and that is havin

Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-05-28 Thread lilypond
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 03:38:28PM -0700, lilyp...@umpquanet.com wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 09:48:29AM -0400, Louis Guillaume wrote: > > > > There is, however, one thing that I find impossible, that is, having two > > of the same tension in the chord symbol expression. There is a single >

Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-05-28 Thread lilypond
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 09:48:29AM -0400, Louis Guillaume wrote: > > There is, however, one thing that I find impossible, that is, having two > of the same tension in the chord symbol expression. There is a single > case I can think of and that is having both flat-nine and sharp-nine on > a dom

Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-05-28 Thread Jean-Alexis Montignies
On 28 mai 2012, at 20:55, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > On 5/28/12 9:48 AM, Louis Guillaume wrote: >> In chord mode: >> >>c:7.9-.9+ >> >> In regular markup: >> >> >> >> Both of these produce a chord symbol AND chord without the flat-nine. >> It seems to only accommodate one 9th, and uses

Re: Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-05-28 Thread Dossy Shiobara
On 5/28/12 9:48 AM, Louis Guillaume wrote: > In chord mode: > > c:7.9-.9+ > > In regular markup: > > > > Both of these produce a chord symbol AND chord without the flat-nine. > It seems to only accommodate one 9th, and uses the last one encountered. > > Is there a way to do work around

Multiple tensions in Chord Mode

2012-05-28 Thread Louis Guillaume
Hi! I'm working out a set of chord symbols to suit my needs, based primarily on pop-chords.ly. For the most part everything works beautifully, and I'm sure any issues with alignment, spacing etc. can be sorted out using the tools. Very nice! There is, however, one thing that I find impossibl