Re: Chords... Anyone mind if I take a kick?

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

<address@hidden> writes:

> I see chords are still broken in places in 1.5.55. (13th chords in the Jazz
> style spouting out random little bits of nastiness, for example, accidentals
> on the chord names not raised properly due to someone overwriting
> simple-super somewhere, &c).
>
> Is anyone looking at this? Would anyone mind if I take a crack at
> fixing it?

No, please go right ahead.

> And finally (bracing myself...)
>
> Would anyone mind if I replaced the solid triangle for major7 jazz chords
> with a hollow triangle? It drives me nuts (as it does anyone else I've seen
> who tries to set jazz charts with buzz), and honestly, I've never seen a
> chart with solid triangles unless it's a European thing. (Canadian,
> following American practice here).

As far as I can tell, there is little consensus about the way chords
should look; there should be different styles.  Maybe it would be best
to have black/white triangle configurable, and default to black for
american style.

Jan.

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