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


From: Wols Lists
Subject: Re: problem with predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly?
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:56:41 +0100
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On 18/07/19 15:42, David Kastrup wrote:
>> 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.

Isn't the whole point of an inversion that the root isn't at the bottom?
At least that's what I remember from my music theory.

So a C-chord using all six strings is a first inversion - the 3rd of the
chord is at the bottom. Which probably does sound not too good on its
own ...

Cheers,
Wol



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