Re: Chords and what they mean

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Blöchl (et al.),

I agree that it would be interesting to know whether/how one can redefine the 
input such that (e.g.) c:5 gives <c g> (or <c bf> or whatever one wants) rather 
than <c e g> (current implementation).

However, modulo a language/communication barrier, I’d like to answer your other 
impliciit questions:

> What should happen with a chord without a 3? A powerchord. […] What else?

I would expect c:sus to give <c f g>, equivalent to c:sus4.

> The question why c:5 only just gets a "normal" c chord instead of a power 
> chord

It’s a good question.
Certainly, composers (like me) who work in musical theatre write C5 to mean <c 
g>… so it would be nice to enter the same in Lilypond.

> And why to use c^3 instead of c:5. Why c:5 does not work

Analogously, c:6 would be <c a>??
Hmmm… I don’t think that’s quite right…

Cheers,
Kieren.
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