Re: Added ninth chord (symbol)

[Henry Law]

On 29/04/16 18:22, Henry Law wrote:
> In a lead sheet I want to use the chord which I call an "added ninth".
> Using the key of C as an example, I want the chord C-E-G-D: a plain
> major triad with the ninth added on top.

I've documented my experiences in the relevant places in the thread 
elsewhere: thanks to all the people who chimed in to help.

Two general points.  The first is that this confusion among "added 
ninth", "ninth" and "suspended second" (and possibly also "added 
second") is common among those who write chord charts for the kind of 
music I play a lot.  The charts I play off often have one symbol written 
above piano music that plainly shows that one of the others is required. 
 Not too serious when you see "Cmaj9" over the notes C-E-G-D, but when 
you end up playing a chord with a dominant seventh when the keyboard 
player has a diatonic one the results aren't pretty ...

The second is that might lilypond be extended to include ":add9" as one 
of the standard chord formulations that is recognised?

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Henry Law            Manchester, England