Re: Some C9 chords should be Cadd9

[Knute Snortum]

Great workaround, thanks.


Knute Snortum
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On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Keith OHara <address@hidden> wrote:

> Knute Snortum <ksnortum <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > Way back in Lilypond 2.14 if you wrote c:9^7 you would get "Cadd9", but
> now
> > you get "C9".  This makes it indistinguishable from c:9.
> >
>
> Thanks, Knute
> I thought I remembered the change that caused this, so I added
>  https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4222
> with a link back to the cause.
> The workaround is easy (below) but probably the explicit "add" should be
> default output, with the brief option available to those who want it
>
>   \new ChordNames \with {additionalPitchPrefix = "add" }
>   \chordmode {
>     c1:9^7 % Cadd9   root-3-5-9
>     c1:9   % C9      root-3-5-7-9
>   }
>
>
>
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