Re: Chord name output

[TaoCG]

Maestraccio wrote:
> 
> As a jazz musician I read chord symbols from lead sheets all the time. 
> Since these must be clear and comprehensive, too much information 
> (even though correct) slows down speedy reading and improvising. 
> There are some harmonic rules known and used by every improvising musician 
> not needed mentioning in the chord symbol itself (such as not using a 
> fourth over a major third*, and thus using an augmented fourth instead), 
> to provide greater freedom for the musician and facilitating easy reading. 
> Please keep in mind that an improvisor is a "player" and not a "reader", 
> and though beautiful and correct notation is most of the times a good 
> thing (thank you, developers, for lilypond), "correct" is not always as 
> clear and legible as "short and to-the-point" and thus higher appreciated 
> by many jazz musicians.
> 
> I suggest some improvements:
> 
> 1: Leave out the "/" in the numbers and replace them by blank space.
> 2: Leave out all "7", "9" and/or "#11" when any higher number is present.
> 3: Leave out the "add".
> 4: When only minuses (9- 10- 13-) present, use "alt" (for "altered").
> 5: Print the triangle in "maj7" smaller.
> 
> So "C 7/b9/add13" will be "C b9 13" ({c:7 9- 13})
> and "C 7/b9/b13" will be "C alt" ({c:7 9- 13-} or {c:7 10- 13-})
> 
> 
> * Clare Fischer does this frequently and with great taste, however.
> 

Hey,

I had this same problem quite a while ago and although there have been some
discussions regarding the chord symbols nothing has changed.
The problem with chord symbols is that afaik there is no defined standard
just many conventions strongly influenced by personal tastes. And although
you think that your suggestions will improve the output (and I agree with
you), many will not.

But since Lilypond offers many ways for individual tweaking I wrote a
function that creates chord symbols to my like. The only downside is taht
the chords are created in a lyrics context and a lyrics context above the
staff behaves a little weird sometimes but so far I managed quite well.
I posted the function on LSR:
http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=608

Additional files needed can be found here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2009-02/msg00293.html

Maybe you'lll find it useful.

Regards,
Tao
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