Re: How do I enter the chord "B(add4)/G#"?

[Jan Kohnert]

John Zaitseff schrieb:
> Hi, Christopher,
> 
> Thanks for your reply!
> 
> I 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
> > > 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#"!
> 
> To which you replied:
> > Usually, a chord with an added fourth is notated "B11".  So you'd
> > want b:11/gis
> 
> My knowledge of music theory is, as I said, virtually nil, but I
> thought the chord "B(add4)" is <b dis e fis>, 

That's true.

> whereas "B11" is <b dis fis a cis e>: quite a different beast.

That would be B9/11 (The septh ist included in the 9, otherwise one would 
write add9).


> Where "/G#" fits in, I don't know.  What have I missed?

That's just the bass. So your whole thing would be <gis b dis e fis>, which 
one could also write as G#m7b13. ;) (at least to my knowledge, jazzchords are 
some years ago for me...)

-- 
MfG Jan

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