Re: dissonant chords

[Jonathan Kulp]

Martin Tarenskeen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Did anyone ever try to typeset dissonant chords like { < c cis d > } ? I 
> can remember having seen chords like this frequently in Bela Bartok's 
> Mikrokosmos book V or VI , edition Boosey & Hawkes.
>
> I don't have a scan or a scanner, but it would approximately look 
> something like this:
>
>
>                 
> 		 0 
> 		0|#0	
>                  |/
>                  |
>
>
> Watch the "/" line that is attached to the main stem. I don't know if 
> there are generally accepted rules on how to notate something like this, 
> but this is what I have seen more than once.
>
> Lilypond seems to accept < c cis d > ( unlike Mup ) but does not typeset 
> it in a readable way automatically. Can it be done with some advanced 
> tricks ? 
>
> (In the meantime I'll look up some real life examples from Bartok if 
> anyone needs it)
I haven't tried typesetting this type of chord but I'm pretty sure 
Samuel Barber used them in "The monk and his cat," too.  If a scan would 
help then I can scan an example and send to the list next time I go to 
the office.

Jon

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