Re: Powerchords

[Jennifer Clark]

Bernard Hurley wrote:

> > A question I can't seem to find the answer to in the manual or online: 
> > Is it possible to represent powerchords, i.e. those consisting of only a 
> > root note and fifth, in the ChordNames notation? 
> >    
>
> I havn't come across the term "powerchord" before. I would normally
> refer to them as "bare fifths". in what context is the term used?
>  
In a rock or heavy metal context usually, perhaps it is a British term? 
There is more detail at the following link:-

" In music <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music>, a *power chord* is an 
interval <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_%28music%29> which 
serves the diatonic function 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_function> of a major or minor 
chord <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_%28music%29>. It consists of 
two pitches <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_%28music%29> or three 
pitches with one doubled at the octave 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave>, and thus only two pitch classes 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_class>. The pitch classes are 
separated by a perfect fifth 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_fifth> or its inversion the 
perfect fourth <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_fourth>."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_chord

I'm still not sure how to render theseas chord symbols in Lilypond... 
I'm not even sure what the official nomenclature is. I'm sure I've come 
across things like "C5" in the past though.

Jennifer