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Re: Lilypond and Jazz chords
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timmcn |
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Re: Lilypond and Jazz chords |
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Sun, 17 Jan 2016 19:49:09 -0600 |
> On Jan 17, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Tim,
>
>> that is a matter of individual preferences.
>
> Agreed.
>
>> Cmaj7#4 is less trouble to read than Cmaj7(#4) on the bandstand in an
>> unfamiliar tune.
>
> Disagreed.
>
>> 90% of the extensions that are written on lead sheets are ignored anyway in
>> favor of what the musician’s ear tells him or her what to play.
>
> Agreed.
>
>> Composers should generally save themselves the bother.
>
> If you mean composers (or, really, engravers) should save themselves the
> bother of writing chord names, I disagree.
>
> If you mean there is a point of diminishing marginal utility on the number of
> “extras” that are useful in chord naming, I agree.
That is my point- at least in jazz performance. The needs of academics may be
different (although I would argue that it would often be simpler and more
accurate to define many of the chords with lots of tensions and extensions as
polychords rather than cobbling together a numerical stew of a tetrad with six
modifiers following. That said, I am not sure that Lilypond handles polychords
gracefully either).
> But then we are, to some extent, back to "individual preference” (cf. the top
> of your email).
Yep- and perhaps the context of intended use as well. An doctoral candidate
submitting an analysis of jazz performance or a theoretical composition is
paddling a different boat than the jazz musician on stage.
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- Re: Lilypond and Jazz chords, Carl-Henrik Buschmann, 2016/01/18
- Re: Lilypond and Jazz chords, timmcn, 2016/01/18
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