One more point: there’s also ‘pedal’ in MusicXML: <harmony> <root> <root-step>C</root-step> </root> <kind>pedal</kind> </harmony>
Is that just equivalent to having a usual pedal? JM > Le 13 sept. 2017 à 11:09, Menu Jacques <imj-...@bluewin.ch> a écrit : > > Hello Mike, > > Excellent, thanks! > > JM > >> Le 13 sept. 2017 à 10:27, Mike Solomon <m...@mikesolomon.org >> <mailto:m...@mikesolomon.org>> a écrit : >> >> hm, my answer is a bit out of lilypond scope, but if I understand your >> question correctly, you want to understand what these chords are? >> >> they are three different pre-dominant chords that are taught to American >> undergrads in a sophomore theory course. >> >> in E major: >> Italian = C E A# >> French = C E F# A# >> German = C E G A# >> Tristan = C D# F# A# >> >> in all of them, the C and A# in theory want to fan out to B (the dominant). >> This is, of course, in theory - Wagner’s use of the Tristan chord, which he >> clearly named his opera after, has the A# moving down to A, or the 7th of >> the dominant (I’m transposing to fit w/ the example above). Wagner >> obviously did not pay much attention during his sophomore music theory >> course… >> >> ~Mike
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