Re: Why don't we get rid of \chordmode?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi all,

> It's not obvious to me whether
>  c\chord #'(1 7)
> should produce "c b" or "c bes".  Musically speaking, I'd look at
> the key signature; if it were c major, I would assume it meant
> "c b" since "b" is the seventh note of the scale.
> 
> This may be a problem for the numeric syntax.  I suppose we could
> define each number as being a perfect, major, or minor interval;
> users can adjust those intervals with + or - as required.

Or... we could use dodecaphonic intervals, i.e.

  c\chord #'(1 11) is a minor seventh
  c\chord #'(1 12) is a major seventh

Of course, none of these ideas support systems with 
other-than-12-tones-per-octave…  =(

Cheers,
Kieren.