Re: How do I represent a Bb(b9)13 chord in chordmode?

[Carl Sorensen]

Henk van Voorthuijsen <voorth <at> xs4all.nl> writes:

> 
> ... because otherwise <bes d f as ces es g> comes out as "Cb/􏰈5/ 
> sus#4/sus#2/add3/add6", which seems a bit silly.
> 
> - Henk
> 


As I mentioned in my other post (which unfortunately started a new thread),
 you can do it easily as

bes:13.11.9-

However, I think that if you look carefully at the notes you've indicated in 
your
chord, the name you got is actually reasonable.  Your notes are all in the same
octave, with ces as the lowest note in the chord!  

If you were using relative mode, the notes you entered would have given 
you an almost correct Bb7/b9/13.

See the code below (note especially that to get the chord to work properly
in absolute mode, you must indicate three different octaves, as octaves
begin and end with c):

mychords = {
  % using \chordmode correctly 
  \chordmode {
    bes1:13.11.9-
  }
  % using absolute mode incorrectly; note that ces is the lowest note
  <bes d f as ces es g>
  % using relative mode correctly
  \relative c' {
    <bes d f as ces es g>
  }
  % using absolute mode correctly
  <bes d' f' as' ces'' es'' g''>
}

<<
  \new ChordNames {
    \mychords
  }
  \new Staff{ 
    \new Voice {
      \mychords
    }
  }
>>


HTH,

Carl