"Shamus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >This results in a
> >list of pitches as the 'internal Lily format'. The Good Thing (TM) about
> >this approach is that:
> >
> >1) You can enter notes, and have chord names displayed:
> >
> > \chords { c } -> C , or
> > \notes <c e g> -> C
> >
> >because internally, these notes are also a list of pitches.
> >
> >2) You can enter chords, and have notes displayed on a staff
> >
> > |
> > x|
> > \chords { c } -> x|
> > x|
> >
> >
> >and any combination of the two.
>
> I fully agree. I'll work up a patch and post it as soon as I can.
Remember that there may be a bass note that should be kept separate.
If I write a C6/F (f c e g a) and it was transformed to an internal
format, I wouldn't want it to be displayed as Fmaj9 (or whatever),
since there was probably a reason why I wrote it as a C chord in the
first place.
--
David Kågedal