Re: guitarist: how write chord names like Gadd5

[Jürgen Ibelgaufts]

David,

I agree. Still an ordinary G. Anyway, what I am looking for is a way to name
them differently in order to have different chord diagrams and different
names on the printed score to make clear to the guitarist when he should use
the one or the other. 

Jürgen




David Santamauro wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 07:47:56 -0800 (PST)
> Jürgen Ibelgaufts <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> When the fret diagram for the G chord is 320003 (not lilypond syntax,
>> but you may know what I mean), the G chord with the extra fifth is
>> 320033 which is still G with nothing added, but on the guitar it
>> sounds very different, more straight, more energic. while Lilypond
>> print both cords (G and, say G:5) als plain G, I want different names
>> printed , G5 or Gadd5 or whatever.
> 
> these aren't different G chords ... just different voicings. I have
> seen them notated a variety of ways the most common being:
> 
>  G           G (type 2)
> ----       ----
> 320003     320033
> 
> 320003 and 320033 are the diagrams, obviously.
> 
> Just like there is no difference between G (3x0003) and G (355433) --
> still a G chord.
> 
> David
> 
> 
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