RE: Syntax explanations

[Carl D. Sorensen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Percival [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:23 PM
> To: Carl D. Sorensen
> Cc: Reinhold Kainhofer; lily-devel
> Subject: Re: Syntax explanations
>
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:55:36 -0600
> "Carl D. Sorensen" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Reinhold Kainhofer [mailto:address@hidden
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:05 AM
> > > To: Carl D. Sorensen
> > > Cc: lily-devel
> > > Subject: Re: Syntax explanations
> > >
>
> Don't forget that work on Chords stopped halfway, due to
> arguments about property-init.ly and whatnot.  I certainly
> don't conisder it finished yet.

Nor do I, but my section I wrote about a chord name element got dramatically 
shortened, because it was too much "talking through the code" and we replaced 
it instead with short introductory statements and examples.
>
> > > For example, to create a hald-diminished, I found out
> that I could
> > > use 'dim5m7', but that took me some trying.

You can use dim5m7, but that is not the only way to do it.  You can also use 
m7.3-.  There is no "right" way to build one of these extended chords.

>
> I'd say that this should be in Common chords, but don't
> forget that the docs are a matter of the blind leading the
> blind.  That never occurred to me and Carl.

Actually, it did occur to me.  But the decision was made (and my need to be 
revised) that the full table of 7th chords, and the higher, less-commonly-used 
chords should not be included in Common chords, because it was too much 
information.

Because he needed the full set for musicxml2ly, Reinhold figured out ways to 
create all of the "named" chords, even the very infrequently-used ones.  I 
think it would be better to just include an appendix that lists all of the 
examples Reinhold came up with, than to create a table that would still require 
people to figure it out.

Thanks,

Carl