> -----Original Message----- > From: Erlend Aasland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:23 AM > To: Carl D. Sorensen > Cc: Graham Percival; lily-devel > Subject: Re: c:maj inconsistency > > Hi Carl > > On 18. mai. 2008, at 11:56, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > >> Hmmm, since c:maj is ambiguous, I think it's better to > just disallow > >> c:maj without the 7. > > [...] > > This proposed solution gets a little tricky when we talk about a > > c:maj9, which creates a five-note chord with a raised 7th step. > > No problem, just disallow c:maj without any number... > > > The original documentation said that :maj raises the 7th step *if > > present*. Can we get the performance to match that? > > Huh? Perhaps I misunderstand you, but this is the way things > work right now: c:maj7 will produce <c e g b> and c:maj9 will > produce <c e g b d>. >
Right now, :maj adds a major 7th step, even if no number is present. c:maj is equivalent to c:maj7. That is the confusion. > > Also, I can't see why c:maj is ambiguous as a chord name. > > My mistake - I meant c:maj7: If we change c:maj to mean <c e > g>, then what should c:maj7 mean? <c e g bes> or <c e g b>? > > IMHO, by making c:maj equal to c, we would make c:maj7 (and > friends) less clear. By just disallowing c:maj (without a 7, > 9, 11, ...) we get rid of the "problem". > I'm OK with that, too. In looking through the chord name scheme on Wikipedia (I know, it's not definitive for music, but it's widely available) (see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_(music)>), Cmaj is listed as an alternate name for the major triad. In any guitar music I've ever played, major chords are always indicated without any suffix. So I don't feel strongly about this. I do feel strongly that c:maj should _not_ be the same as c:maj7. I'd be fine if c:maj were disallowed. I'd also be fine if c:maj denoted the major triad (i.e. basically equivalent to c:maj5. Carl _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
