Re: number of chords

2004-03-16 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Monday 15 March 2004 19:16, Tiffany Weisman wrote: > I'm not disagreeing with your logic on jazz chord notation. I'm sure > that traditionally it would be the right system, and perhaps we could > highlight the "proper" chords in the documentation. I'm merely saying > Lilypond should accomodate t

Re: number of chords

2004-03-15 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Monday 15 March 2004 10:04, Tiffany Weisman wrote: > I only meant the list as a starting point. > > I disagree that you shouldn't use "redundant" > notation. Cadd9 is different from Cadd2 or Csus2. As > is C9sus4 and C11. A higher chord extension suggests a > different way of voicing the chord.

Re: number of chords

2004-03-15 Thread Tiffany Weisman
I'm not disagreeing with your logic on jazz chord notation. I'm sure that traditionally it would be the right system, and perhaps we could highlight the "proper" chords in the documentation. I'm merely saying Lilypond should accomodate those who want strange chord symbols and other weird things

Re: number of chords

2004-03-15 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Monday 15 March 2004 16:48, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > On Monday 15 March 2004 10:04, Tiffany Weisman wrote: > > I only meant the list as a starting point. > > > > I disagree that you shouldn't use "redundant" > > notation. Cadd9 is different from Cadd2 or Csus2. As > > is C9sus4 and C11. A h

Re: number of chords

2004-03-15 Thread Tiffany Weisman
I only meant the list as a starting point. I disagree that you shouldn't use "redundant" notation. Cadd9 is different from Cadd2 or Csus2. As is C9sus4 and C11. A higher chord extension suggests a different way of voicing the chord. The 2 in there suggests that you want the 2 and 3 or 2 and 1 prod

Re: number of chords

2004-03-15 Thread Tiffany Weisman
What I simply meant to suggest with the list was that we should be allowed to specify jazz notation in a more flexible manner, rather than be tied to Lilypond's default set. I know there is a way to modify the settings but I haven't figured it out yet. __ Do you Yah

Re: number of chords

2004-03-15 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Monday 15 March 2004 05:58, Tiffany Weisman wrote: > I feel that there aren't enough chord names in > Lilypond to adequately cover most people's needs. A > jazz chord system at minimum needs to cover the > following chords: > > major > minor That is an interesting list. I don't think you need