Re: Refman

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

David Raleigh Arnold <address@hidden> writes:

> > Cdim = <c es ges> [diminished]
> > C7 = <c e g bes>
> > Cmin7 = <c es g bes>
> > Chd7 = <c es ges bes> [half-diminished 7th]
> > Cdim7 = <c es ges beses> [diminished 7th]
> > 
> > Hope this clears up any confusion (assuming I got it right!).
> 
> You didn't.

Well, it surely helped me (but I'm not a chords man).  It turned out
indeed that (as you said) there was a problem with chord entry and
names for Cm5-/7 and Cm5-/7-

> What is all this inventing new chord symbols?  I hate that.  The
> minuses and plusses are plenty bad enough.  :-)

Maybe, but that's the only naming style people agree on.  Rigidly
implementing a particular `american style' of names may get you into a
street fight.  ;-)

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