Re: triangle chord notation

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:48:54 +0200, Eyolf Ostrem wrote:

> On Sat 05 August 2006 09:22, you wrote:
>> > I'm tempted to suggest a sponsorship for a revision of the chord name
>> > system - any takers?
>>
>> i would support it with some amount of money.
>>
>> here is a pdf i posted some time ago on the wrong list:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2006-07/pdfsOyxfTe7HO.pdf
>>
>> are there any chordsymbols and corresponding notes you disagree with?
> 
> It looks good. Some comments:
> 
> ma/mi: I'd prefer "maj" and "m", partly because in my experience those are
> more common names, partly because it makes them look more different, and
> partly because it gives the visual cue that 'maj' is a more special chord
> than the "almost normal" m).
> 
> parentheses - I don't think they are necessary around
> (add9)
True.
>, (b5)
Not so.
> 
> horizontal/vertical ordering of additions: personally, I prefer the
> horizontal, linear style, but it's no killing matter.

Should work either way.
> 
> dim/aug - I've touched upon this in previous posts: I don't mind neither
> the "o" nor the "+", but I prefer dim, dim7, b5, and aug.
> 
> sus  - the 4 or 2 should definitely be written out, and Csus2 allowed a
> place, instead of Cadd9omit3 (at least when it is used as a suspension).

Nothing wrong with C4.  C2 means leave the 3rd out, as opposed to Cadd9?
No problem.  The only problem I have with parentheses for added notes is
that it's an innovation.  C(9) could be equivalent to Cadd9, but you
only save one character.  Not worth it. 

> slash chords - lowercase bass notes. Instead of "C bass" I've usuallly
> written this as a slash chord without a chord: "/c", but as a standalone
> chord name, "C bass" is fine.
> 
> A personal preference of mine is to write E7#9 as E7b10. I know, it's
> wrong and nobody else does it, but it just feels all wrong to regard
> that last step as a raised 9nth, when it in fact functions - at least in
> blues - as a simultaneous major and minor third/tenth step. I don't
> expect this to be part of any official system, though...
> 
> Other than that, I think it's a good list. So, now all we need is a
> sponsorship deal with the developers...
> 
> 
> Eyolf

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