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Re: Chords in LilyPond


From: Thomas Morley
Subject: Re: Chords in LilyPond
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 02:28:47 +0200

2017-05-25 0:54 GMT+02:00 Simon Albrecht <address@hidden>:
> Am 25.05.2017 um 00:17 schrieb Charles Winston:
>>
>> added bass note
>> inversions
>
>
> I’m under the impression that in chord notation those are actually the same
> – I don’t think that there is a conceptual difference between C/E and C/D in
> chord notation. But it may be that instead of this pragmatic way to
> understand chord notation some have a more theoretical/analytical use of
> them?
> I think unless you intend to make the code usable for other kinds of
> analysis (like functional analysis, or analysis with scale degrees – which
> don’t yet have a dedicated input mode in LilyPond) there is no need for a
> distinction between those two.
>
> Best, Simon



I disagree.
Currently
\chordmode { c/e c/+e }
prints the same: C/E
But in a Staff-context the pitches are different, (and likely in midi,
although I did not verify).
I wouldn't want to miss this, so the chordNameFunction has to deal
with those different bass-pitches.

Cheers,
  Harm



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