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Re: problem with predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly?


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: problem with predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly?
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:42:38 +0200
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Wols Lists <address@hidden> writes:

> On 17/07/19 13:55, David Kastrup wrote:
>> f:aug is clearly wrong, aes:aug has the right notes but the root note is
>> awkward, not being the lowest.  I have no idea how guitarists would feel
>> about that.
>
> As a classical guitarist, I think there is a notation for "don't use
> this string" (for example, the chord of C uses strings 1-5, but 6 is an
> E so that's okay).

Uh, playing that E as part of a chord sounds awful.  In alternate bass
picking, you'd usually put a G on the E string.

> But provided the bottom string is part of the chord, it doesn't really
> matter. After all, chords are quite often inverted in other music too,
> no?

An inversion is an inversion.  Guitar chords tend to be comparatively
nonchalant about them except for the root note, and that's what we are
talking about here.

-- 
David Kastrup



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