Re: Creating Lead Sheets

[Paul Scott]

Lyle Raymond wrote:

> I've searched all available documentation and I can't find a good summary of 
> the nomenclature for chord symbols, beyond simple maj, min, 7th, and dim.
>
> For example, I'm having a difficult time with chords like X6/9 and X7b9.
>
> Isn't there a source which provides this information?  I think the online 
> documentation could really benefit from a chart of chord symbols.  All the 
> examples I've seen that use more complex chords only generate the chord 
> symbol from notes within "<>".  I need to generate chord symbols 
> independently of the music on the staff.
>  
It seems to me there is enough documentation in lilypond-docs under
Notation manual/Chord Names and links from there and under Tips and Tricks.

This at least true for 2.2.5 and beyond.

X6/9 is X:6.9 and X7b9 would be X:7.9-

HTH

Paul Scott