"Laurie Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Incidentally, it occurred to me that "/G" would be a logical name for the
>degenerate single-note chord which has G in the bass and nothing else. Any
>takers?
I rather like it.
A suggestion: When we consider an option, let's see what it would look
like in an actual tune that would use it. I propose we take something from
the Nottingham Music Database, which makes relatively extensive use of
chords with bass notes and just single bass notes. You can see a
particularly clear case in this example of "Dashing White Sergeant", in the
abc version here. Below, I've adapted the Nottingham system--not originally
abc, of course--which uses single lower-case letters for bass notes,
preceded by a slash when there is also a chord, and (usually) with no slash
when they are alone. (I've used "f#" rather than "^f".)
X: 1
T: Dashing White Sergeant
% Nottingham Music Database
C: Trad, via EF
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
FE|\
"D" D2D2 DEFG |"D" A2A2 A2fe |"G" d2B2 "D" A2F2 |"Em" B2E2 "A7"EGFE |
"D" D2D2 DEFG |"D" A2A2 A2f2 |"E7"e2d2 c2B2 |"A7"A^GAB AGFE |
"D" D2D2 DEFG |"D" A^GAB A2fe |"G" d2B2 "D" A2F2 |"Em"B2E2 "A7"EGFE |
"D" DCDE DEFG |"D" A^GAB A2f2 |"E7"e2d2 c2B2 |"A" A6E2 ||
"A" A2AB c2cd |"A" e2ec A4 |"Bm" B2Bc d2de |"Bm"f2fd B4 |
"A" c2AA "E7/b" d2AA |"A/c#" e2AA "D" f2AA |\
"E7"g2f2 "f#" e2 "g#" d2 |"A7"c2 "g" B2 "f#" A2 "e" G2 |
"D" F2d2 dcde |"D" d2A2 A4 |"Em"B2e2 edef |"A7"e2B2 B4 |
"D" A2d2 dcde |"Bm"f2d2 dcde |"D" f4 "A7" a4|"D" d2cB AG ||
I guess Laurie's suggestion would look like this, for the corresponding
lines, right?
"A" c2AA "E7/b" d2AA |"A/c#" e2AA "D" f2AA |\
"E7"g2f2 "/F#" e2 "/G#" d2 |"A7"c2 "g" B2 "/F#" A2 "/E" G2 |
As someone reading abc (and I do read chords directly from the abc when I
practice), I _think_ I prefer the NMD-style notation. (But, I'm not really
sure--maybe it's just more familiar.)
Robert Bley-Vroman
Honolulu
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