Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-08 Thread jakob lund
2011/2/6 Carl Sorensen c_soren...@byu.edu: I've put together a proposed set of dim and dim7 fretboards. You can download it at https://sites.google.com/site/cdslilypond/docs/display-dim-fretboards.pdf?a ttredirects=0d=1 There's an error in there, the G dim doesn't have a G in it (it should

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-08 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 2/8/11 5:11 AM, jakob lund jakob.be...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/2/6 Carl Sorensen c_soren...@byu.edu: I've put together a proposed set of dim and dim7 fretboards. You can download it at https://sites.google.com/site/cdslilypond/docs/display-dim-fretboards.pdf?a ttredirects=0d=1

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-07 Thread Tim McNamara
There is a fourth note, double one of the notes in the triad, in the dim fingerings that is not in the score. IME the fingering should match the score in cases where there is a score. The dim chord is a triad so the fingering should contain only those three notes with none of them doubled;

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-07 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 06.02.2011 18:32, schrieb Tim McNamara: There is a fourth note, double one of the notes in the triad, in the dim fingerings that is not in the score. IME the fingering should match the score in cases where there is a score. I think this is the case with tablature, but considering the

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-07 Thread David Kastrup
Tim McNamara tim...@bitstream.net writes: I think it depends on the purpose of the chart. If aimed at hobbyist and/or performing musicians, they are likely to use their favorite fingerings and not necessarily what's written on the chord diagrams. If it is teaching materials for students,

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-07 Thread Carl Sorensen
Tim McNamara timmcn at bitstream.net writes: There is a fourth note, double one of the notes in the triad, in the dim fingerings that is not in the score. IME the fingering should match the score in cases where there is a score. To make the fingering match the score, just don't use the

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-07 Thread bart deruyter
Indeed, it would be much more clear if the notes should match the fingering, but then the notes should be adjusted, not the fingering But then the basic structure of a chord gets much less clear. It already was suggested both could be shown in the presentation. Chord diagrams are actually almost

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-07 Thread Tim McNamara
On Feb 6, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Marc Hohl wrote: Am 06.02.2011 18:32, schrieb Tim McNamara: There is a fourth note, double one of the notes in the triad, in the dim fingerings that is not in the score. IME the fingering should match the score in cases where there is a score. I think this is

Re: Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-06 Thread bart . deruyter
@ Carl Sorensen Wow, looks great :-), though I'd play the D° as following : xx0131 . Doubling the first note of the chord is better then the third of it, when it is possible. And it's even easier to take. This is why I love open source, people really can contribute :-D. @ Tim McNamara

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-05 Thread Carl Sorensen
I've put together a proposed set of dim and dim7 fretboards. You can download it at https://sites.google.com/site/cdslilypond/docs/display-dim-fretboards.pdf?a ttredirects=0d=1 or view it at https://sites.google.com/site/cdslilypond/docs/display-dim-fretboards.pdf Please comment. Thanks,

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-05 Thread Tim McNamara
On Feb 5, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote: I've put together a proposed set of dim and dim7 fretboards. You can download it at https://sites.google.com/site/cdslilypond/docs/display-dim-fretboards.pdf?a ttredirects=0d=1 or view it at

Re: [tablatures] Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-03 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 03.02.2011 05:36, schrieb Carl Sorensen: [...] a) 1231xx or 1231x1 This is just Edim above up one fret, right? This could be useful for higher chords: f:dim 1231x1 fis:dim 2342x2 g:dim 3453x3 gis:dim 4564x4 a:dim 5675x5 bes:dim 6786x6 b:dim 7897x7 b) xx6464 or

Re: [tablatures] Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-02 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 2/2/11 11:10 AM, Ronald Hochreiter ron...@subjectmusic.com wrote: Dear Carl, Bart, David, don't know if my input is of any use, however - without fingering: Ddim xx0131 Edim 0120x0 Starting from the Fdim it get's a bit more complicated in standard tuning, see e.g. Fdim, where you'd

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-02-01 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 1/30/11 12:00 PM, bart deruyter bart.deruy...@gmail.com wrote: I looked through the tuxguitar fret diagrams, and found this the most interesting C#dim chordshape (I'm copying now from my own, extremely incomplete predefined-guitar-fretboards-fix.ly

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-31 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 30.01.2011 23:28, schrieb Tim McNamara: [...] It would also be wonderful to be able to stack extensions and alternative voicings: D7(b5) (b9) D7#5(b13) but in one tall parentheses (there may be a way to do that already but I don't know how). A bit off-topic, but the jazz

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread David Kastrup
Carl Sorensen c_soren...@byu.edu writes: The source for the chord is this: http://www.8notes.com/guitar_chord_chart/Cxdim.asp But my The Gig Bag Book of Picture Chords for all Guitarists lists that same chord as C#dim7, but also says that dim and dim7 are alternate names for the same

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread bart deruyter
I can only speak for guitarists, because I am a guitarist, classical guitarist, and I'll definatly stick to the correct naming for the correct chords, and I am now going to create my own version of this predefined guitar diagrams list. If all goes well, and I can manage it, I want to upload it

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Am 30.01.2011 um 10:45 schrieb bart deruyter: I can only speak for guitarists, because I am a guitarist, classical guitarist, and I'll definatly stick to the correct naming for the correct chords, and I am now going to create my own version of this predefined guitar diagrams list. If all

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread David Kastrup
Patrick Schmidt p.l.schm...@gmx.de writes: Am 30.01.2011 um 10:45 schrieb bart deruyter: I can only  speak for guitarists, because I am a guitarist, classical guitarist, and I'll definatly stick to the correct naming for the correct chords, and I am now going to create my own

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread bart deruyter
Perhaps a solution would be like what is being done with midi, setting a midi instrument. That way automatically the correct diagram for this specific instrument can be shown. e.g : Chords = \chordmode { \setDiagramInstrument =#guitar cis:dim } notes = { \relative c { e g cis g' 2 | cis4

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 1/30/11 2:45 AM, bart deruyter bart.deruy...@gmail.com wrote: I can only  speak for guitarists, because I am a guitarist, classical guitarist, and I'll definatly stick to the correct naming for the correct chords, and I am now going to create my own version of this predefined guitar

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 1/30/11 1:54 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: So basically we need a mechanism that can take a bunch of keyboard chords and route them through predefined chord set translator for a particular instrument, be that an accordion (which does not bother all too much with fret diagrams

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jan 30, 2011, at 3:45 AM, bart deruyter wrote: I can only speak for guitarists, because I am a guitarist, classical guitarist, and I'll definatly stick to the correct naming for the correct chords, and I am now going to create my own version of this predefined guitar diagrams list. If

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread Colin Campbell
On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 11:43 +0100, bart deruyter wrote: Perhaps a solution would be like what is being done with midi, setting a midi instrument. That way automatically the correct diagram for this specific instrument can be shown. e.g : Chords = \chordmode { \setDiagramInstrument

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread bart deruyter
I looked through the tuxguitar fret diagrams, and found this the most interesting C#dim chordshape (I'm copying now from my own, extremely incomplete predefined-guitar-fretboards-fix.ly file : \addChordShape #'c:dim #guitar-tuning #x;3-4;1-1;o;1-2;o; \storePredefinedDiagram #default-fret-table

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-30 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jan 30, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Colin Campbell wrote: There is a discussion on -bug about the display of chords for jazz musicians, essentially asking for simplification in the interests of readability. Following on Bart's suggestion, is it feasible to create alternate display modes tied to a

error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread bart deruyter
Hi all, I've noticed something strange in the predefined chord diagrams for guitar. While writing on my book for teaching guitar, I noticed the chord C# diminished is weird to say at the least. The fret diagram is very wrong I'm afraid :

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread Michael Ellis
Hi Bart, Sounds like it's giving you a C#dim7, typically spelled C# E G A# . Cheers, Mike On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:02 PM, bart deruyter bart.deruy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've noticed something strange in the predefined chord diagrams for guitar. While writing on my book for teaching

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread David Kastrup
bart deruyter bart.deruy...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, I've noticed something strange in the predefined chord diagrams for guitar. While writing on my book for teaching guitar, I noticed the chord C# diminished is weird to say at the least. The fret diagram is very wrong I'm afraid :

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread bart deruyter
What's to fix? the predefined fretdiagram of C#° shows a different chord, namely C#dim7, according to Michael Ellis... I need C#°, erroneous predefined chord diagrams need to be fixed of course. http://www.bartart3d.be/ 2011/1/29 David Kastrup d...@gnu.org bart deruyter

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread Michael Ellis
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:57 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Uh, why wouldn't it be in C# diminuished?  It's a minor third below C#, or three minor thirds above it. Or am I so very mistaken? What should I do to fix this in my code? What's to fix? Just looked at the doc. Bart's

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread bart deruyter
The score is correct, the diagrams are wrong, of all diminished chords I think. C diminished and D diminished are wrong too, the diagrams at least. http://www.bartart3d.be/ 2011/1/29 Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:57 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote:

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread Michael Ellis
As long as I'm on my soapbox :-), it occurs to me that it would be a service to any student guitarist looking at that chart if the staff notation showed the actual voicing of the chords, perhaps in parentheses, alongside the root position close voicings, e.g g, c e bes c' e' for the C7

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jan 29, 2011, at 1:02 PM, bart deruyter wrote: I've noticed something strange in the predefined chord diagrams for guitar. While writing on my book for teaching guitar, I noticed the chord C# diminished is weird to say at the least. The fret diagram is very wrong I'm afraid :

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 1/29/11 12:02 PM, bart deruyter bart.deruy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've noticed something strange in the predefined chord diagrams for guitar. While writing on my book for teaching guitar, I noticed the chord C# diminished is weird to say at the least. The fret diagram is very

Re: error in predefined chord diagram?

2011-01-29 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 1/29/11 1:31 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: As long as I'm on my soapbox :-), it occurs to me that it would be a service to any student guitarist looking at that chart if the staff notation showed the actual voicing of the chords, perhaps in parentheses, alongside the