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Re: sus7 chords in \chordmode
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Johan Vromans |
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Re: sus7 chords in \chordmode |
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Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:32:55 +0100 |
On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:18:52 -0600
Tim McNamara <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have repeatedly run into difficulties getting Lilypond to properly
> render sus7 chord names in \chordmode. It comes up with silly things
> like "G7sus4 3” and the like. What is the correct syntax to get a simple
> “Gsus7” to print?
To not answer your question: I would not use Gsus7 since it is ambiguous.
Gsus4 (or Gsus) has a suspended 4th, Gsus2 has a suspended 2nd, so Gsus7
makes you think that the 7th is suspended -- which is not the case.
G7sus (or G7sus4) is the unambiguous way to express this chord.
See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspended_chord .
Chapter 8 of "Standardized Chord Symbol Notation" by Carl Brandt & Clinton
Roemer.
Of course, as other contributors have pointed out you can have it the way
you want.
-- Johan