Bernard Hurley wrote:
In a rock or heavy metal context usually, perhaps it is a British term? There is more detail at the following link:-A question I can't seem to find the answer to in the manual or online: Is it possible to represent powerchords, i.e. those consisting of only a root note and fifth, in the ChordNames notation?
I havn't come across the term "powerchord" before. I would normally
refer to them as "bare fifths". in what context is the term used?
" In music <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music>, a *power chord* is an interval <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_%28music%29> which serves the diatonic function <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_function> of a major or minor chord <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_%28music%29>. It consists of two pitches <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_%28music%29> or three pitches with one doubled at the octave <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave>, and thus only two pitch classes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_class>. The pitch classes are separated by a perfect fifth <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_fifth> or its inversion the perfect fourth <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_fourth>."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_chord
I'm still not sure how to render theseas chord symbols in Lilypond... I'm not even sure what the official nomenclature is. I'm sure I've come across things like "C5" in the past though.
Jennifer
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