On 30/04/16 17:28, Thomas Morley wrote:
because some (rare) chords will have multiples "adds"s.
Ah, yes; shows how I'd not thought through the problem. Now if music
and its notation had been designed by an IEEE committee in the late
twentieth century (instead of by multiple communities in mu
2016-04-30 14:59 GMT+02:00 Henry Law :
> The second is that might lilypond be extended to include ":add9" as one of
> the standard chord formulations that is recognised?
We changed additionalPitchPrefix from "add" to "" some time ago,
because some (rare) chords will have multiples "adds"s. See:
Am 30.04.2016 um 14:53 schrieb ming :
It works in version 2.18.2
Error in version 2.19.40
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Am 30.04.2016 um 15:07 schrieb Henry Law:
On 30/04/16 13:49, Henry Law wrote:
\new ChordNames {
\set additionalPitchPrefix = "add"
\chordmode { c:5.9 c:m7.5- c:5+.9- }
}
Another wrinkle I've just found. If you want a minor chord with an
added ninth (say) you can't code, for in
On 30/04/2016 9:36 pm, Thomas Morley wrote:
g2:5.9 is not correct. See the putput from the following code listing
some (all?) possibilities to _input_ the correct chord.
tst = {
\chordmode {
\set additionalPitchPrefix = "add"
c:1.3.5.9
c:3.5.9
c:5.9 %% not correct !
c:9^7
On 30/04/16 13:49, Henry Law wrote:
\new ChordNames {
\set additionalPitchPrefix = "add"
\chordmode { c:5.9 c:m7.5- c:5+.9- }
}
Another wrinkle I've just found. If you want a minor chord with an
added ninth (say) you can't code, for instance, d:m.9 as it gives an
error. You ha
On 29/04/16 18:22, Henry Law wrote:
In a lead sheet I want to use the chord which I call an "added ninth".
Using the key of C as an example, I want the chord C-E-G-D: a plain
major triad with the ninth added on top.
I've documented my experiences in the relevant places in the thread
elsewhere:
It works in version 2.18.2
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On 30/04/16 06:24, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
When you enter a chord with chord
mode, it is immediately translated into a set of notes, and whatever code
you used to enter it is forgotten.
That's a really clear exposition of the subject. As a sometime systems
architect I like this kind o
On 29/04/16 18:59, Malte Meyn wrote:
The magic is called additionalPitchPrefix. It can be found f. e. at
section 2.7.2 of the Notation Reference. The following code prints “C9
C9 Cadd9 C9”.
%
\version "2.18.2"
\new ChordNames {
\set additionalPitchPrefix = "add"
}
I had
Regrettable, nested quoting is messed up :(
Anyway, maybe of some help though:
2016-04-30 8:56 GMT+02:00 Brett Duncan :
> On 30/04/2016 3:24 pm, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
>
> On Sat, 30 Apr 2016, Brett Duncan wrote:
>
> I coded g2:5.9 in chordmode and got G9, which isn't the right
>
On 30/04/2016 6:30 pm, Malte Meyn wrote:
Am 30.04.2016 um 08:56 schrieb Brett Duncan:
Henry, have you had any success with the pop-chords.ly file? (If not, I
have some files I could send to you.)
You don�t need this or chord exceptions in general if you follow my
much simpler answer that no
Am 30.04.2016 um 08:56 schrieb Brett Duncan:
Henry, have you had any success with the pop-chords.ly file? (If not, I
have some files I could send to you.)
You don’t need this or chord exceptions in general if you follow my much
simpler answer that no-one replied to
(http://lists.gnu.org/arc
On 30/04/2016 3:24 pm, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
On Sat, 30 Apr 2016, Brett Duncan wrote:
I coded g2:5.9 in chordmode and got G9, which isn't the right
chord. I'm pursuing pop-chords.ly.
As Matthew said, you will need to override how the chord name is displayed,
but this (o
On Sat, 30 Apr 2016, Brett Duncan wrote:
> I coded g2:5.9 in chordmode and got G9, which isn't the right
> chord. I'm pursuing pop-chords.ly.
>
> As Matthew said, you will need to override how the chord name is displayed,
> but this (or Matthew's suggestion) at least constructs a chord
On 30/04/2016 8:24 am, Henry Law wrote:
On 29/04/16 22:20, Brett Duncan wrote:
You can also use "c1:5.9", which just adds the 9th over the basic triad.
I coded g2:5.9 in chordmode and got G9, which isn't the right chord.
I'm pursuing pop-chords.ly.
As Matthew said, you will need to override
On 29/04/16 22:20, Brett Duncan wrote:
You can also use "c1:5.9", which just adds the 9th over the basic triad.
I coded g2:5.9 in chordmode and got G9, which isn't the right chord.
I'm pursuing pop-chords.ly.
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On 30/04/2016 3:58 am, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Henry Law wrote:
In a lead sheet I want to use the chord which I call an "added ninth". Using
the key of C as an example, I want the chord C-E-G-D: a plain major triad with
the ninth added on top.
Try "c1:9^7"
That is:
Am 29.04.2016 um 19:22 schrieb Henry Law:
"add9" is not a valid chord designator in Lilypond, as far as I can see.
I can ask for "9" or "maj9" or "sus2" but none of these is my chord:
LilyPond knows the difference between 9 and add9 but doesn’t display it
by default.
Am I stuck? I'm ho
On 29/04/16 18:37, Tim McNamara wrote:
There is a file floating around called pop-chord.ly or pop-chords.ly that has a
lot of these kinds of exceptions already done. You use the \include command to
utilize it; how to do that is also in the manual.
Aha ... that's all I need. I'm good at manu
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Henry Law wrote:
> In a lead sheet I want to use the chord which I call an "added ninth". Using
> the key of C as an example, I want the chord C-E-G-D: a plain major triad with
> the ninth added on top.
Try "c1:9^7"
That is: dominant ninth, delete the seventh.
I don't know h
> On Apr 29, 2016, at 12:22 PM, Henry Law wrote:
>
> I've searched the archives and the web generally; all that I have found on
> this subject leads me to believe that the facility I need is not there, which
> is perplexing since it's not particularly esoteric. Can someone either
> confirm
I've searched the archives and the web generally; all that I have found
on this subject leads me to believe that the facility I need is not
there, which is perplexing since it's not particularly esoteric. Can
someone either confirm my understanding or put me right? (I'm using
2.18.2 on a Debi
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