Re: Lilypond and Jazz chords

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 5/30/09 3:21 AM, "Brett Duncan" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>> Do we have an Jazz/pop chord expert on the list (I'm sure he/she exist)?
>> And who wants to help with this?
> 
> I don't consider myself an "expert", but after 20 years of playing with
> various pop, rock and jazz groups, I've got a pretty good idea of what's
> out there as far as chord notation goes, and I'm willing to be part of
> the discussion. I'm also willing to help on the programming side _if_ I
> can get my head around Scheme.
> 
> Brett

On 5/30/09 3:32 AM, "Tao Cumplido" <address@hidden> wrote:

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>> Do we have an Jazz/pop chord expert on the list (I'm sure he/she exist)?
>> And who wants to help with this?
> 
> I wouldn't call myself an expert but I do know some display methods for
> chords. I don't know if pop chords differ much from jazz though but if it's
> for sharing knowledge on jazz chords count me in.
> I could make a table with a rough overview of the variations for chord names I
> am aware of and maybe some information on different typographical approaches I
> know of.


My currently-planned starting point for chord naming is

http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory17.htm#namechords

If you have any disagreement with this reference, please let me know.

Thanks,

Carl