> Hmm. How then would you get just a plain "C" typeset then? ;-p Most pop
> charts I've seen avoid 7th chords like the plague... Seriously, though,
> most music that I typeset requires both (and some chords that aren't
> properly handled yet--my own fault).
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> I'm still not sure I fully understand. What it *sounds* like is that you
> want to tell lily, say, use the Lydian mode for constructing all future
> chords so that your I chord comes out automagically as a diminished chord?
Well, I want to type in a simultaneous music expression, like <c1 d e f
g a b>, and then when this is interpreted by a chord name voice, for
lily to go off and compare this with something in chord-names.scm and
decide that it's a minor scale. Then, if there is also a \chords mode
which makes typing in these simultaneuous expressions easier, then so
much the better. (at the moment I can't really use /chords mode because
I have to specify accurately which notes are in my chord so that my
chord-names.scm works).
Of course, I'm forgetting all about inversions & bass notes here. Is it
possible to specify these without using \chords mode?
(and what's the difference between an inversion and a bass note?)
That example was a scale but I don't see why one couldn't write <c e g>
and get "C" out, as well.
