Re: First public release of GDP NR 2.7 Chord notation

[Jonathan Kulp]

Apart from what Francisco notes below I don't see anything wrong with 
it.  It's really good and I can't believe I didn't know about chord mode 
before.  I'm constantly amazed at the things Lilypond can do!  Thanks guys,

Jon

Francisco Vila wrote:
> 2008/7/28 Carl D. Sorensen <address@hidden>:
> > Dear LilyPond Users,
> >
> > Notation Reference Section 2.7 Chord notation of the GDP has now been
> > released for public comment.  The HTML version of the document is available
> > at
> >
> > <http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Chord-notation.h
> > tml#Chord-notation>.
>
> I surely do not understand well:
>
> "Only the first inversion can be created by adding a bass note. The
> second inversion requires changing the root of the chord. "
>
> The example shows the Second inversion of
> c'1:
> coded as
> c':/g
> and then the first inversion coded as
> e:6-3-^5
> and
> e:m6-^5
>
> Therefore, it is the first inversion what requires changing the root,
> whilst the second inversion CAN be created by adding a bass note. See
> http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/music-glossary/inversion.html

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