Re: Chords in LilyPond

[Winston, Charles R.]

On May 25, 2017, at 12:09 AM, Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> wrote:

>> how much should we base this data structure on the current mode of input?
> 
> Which mode of input?
> 
>    \chordmode { c1:7 }
> 
> or
> 
>    { <c' e' g' bf'>1 }

I think \chordmode will be the most useful form of input, because that way we 
know the user's intentions with the chords. It would be tough to infer the 
semantics from just the note input, which is essentially what happens now with 
the current naming process (which is what we are trying to fix)

Charles