On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, James Allwright wrote: > On Sun 03 Mar 2002 at 10:26AM -0300, Luis Pablo Gasparotto wrote: > > I think the problem isn't the ABC-to-MIDI parsing because programs like > > abcMIDI allows you to define chords using > > %%MIDI chordname > > in the tune head. > > So if you like to use an m7(b5) chord like Cm7(b5) you will need to add: > > %%MIDI chordname m7(b5) 0 3 6 10 > > > > I think the problem is in the ABC-to-ABC stuff when transposing chords. > > I transpose "Cm7(b5)" six steps up (ninth for alto saxophone) this chord > > becomes in "Am7(gb5)". It parses b like a note and not like a flat. > > > > You cannot use brackets () within a chord name because these are used > to indicate an alternative chord.
According to who? If you answer "all my fidling friends", that's perfectly ok with me. It just means that jazz and folk chording is incompatible so we need %%chordstyle jazz and %%chordstyle folk or %%chordstyle trad -- l8er Atte To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
