Re: minor chords (and a possible transition to a new topic)

[Robert Schmaus]

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Von meinem Fliewatüüt gesendet.

> On 17 Mar 2014, at 11:57, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Robert Schmaus <address@hidden> writes:
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>> So, again, it boils down to whatever works. There's no standard to
>> this, and frankly, I've never experienced that as a problem. Jazz
>> music is improvised music, and I don't know a jazz musician who has
>> problems "improvising" here as well. Everyone has different
>> preferences, sure, but problems reading different styles - not at all.
>> My own preference for C-Δ7 over, say, Cmmaj7 is simply a question of
>> space: the latter takes up WAY too much of it (in particular as this
>> chord often appears as a transition between C- and C-7 and uses only
>> half a bar).
>> 
>> But there's another thing that surprises me in this discussion: I
>> always thought that Lilypond is mainly being used and intended for
>> "classical" (exact) music.
>> Now I have the impression that indeed many use it for jazz sheets as
>> we'll - I, myself, use LP only for that, but can't move from version
>> 2.16 to 17 or 18, because the possibility to have Staffs accept chord
>> names has been removed.
> 
> Please don't spread rumors.  It works as before:
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> <URL:http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/context-layout-order>
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> This has been fixed in 2.17.30, issue 3641.  So it most definitely does
> not preclude you from moving to 2.18 or 2.19.
> 
>> That is, however a common notation practice in jazz music. Is there an
>> obvious replacement for this that I haven't seen yet ... or is no one
>> but me using that notation style in LP?
> 
> N/A
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup