Re: [abcusers] Chord notation

[Laurie Griffiths]

John Chambers said:
> A  key signature looks remarkably like a chord, 
> but "min" is allowed for the one and not the other.
I thought a key signature had K: before it and a chord
had " " round it.  :-)

> Maybe, just to avoid this confusion, we  should  
> adopt  the general  rule  for  both  chords and modes 
> that they may be abbreviated to three characters, 
> and "m" is a special  case that is a synonym for 
> "min" and "minor".

I prefer "F#m" to be the canonical way to write 
the chord of F sharp minor because it fits into
tadpoles notation more briefly.  Long chord names
just take up too much room, especially if there are
several per bar.  I realise this is not a pure ABC
thing and is concerned with translation to another
form.  


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