Re: Chords and what they mean

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Matthew,

>> Can you really feed some notes to Lilypond and it tells you the name of the
>> chord? A kind of reverse chord finder? I have not found in the manual.
> 
> I thought that was the point under discussion.  It's in the manual here:
>   
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/displaying-chords#printing-chord-names

The difference between _labelling_ a chord and _analyzing_ a chord is immense, 
especially in terms of the programming/processing required.
(Of course those functions overlap in the hands of an arranger/engraver…)

> If that's not what was being discussed, I'd better go back to lurking.

Don’t! It’s a good discussion (IMO).

Cheers,
Kieren.
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