On Feb 2, 2019, at 14:36, [email protected] wrote: > Oh. Then this becomes a whole other can of worms; what should be the > correct inversion of an 11th chord? > > Should > <c' e' g' b' d'' f''> > become > <e' g' b' d'' f'' c'''> (as you seem to suggest) > or > <e' g' b' c'' d'' f''> (as the current code produces)?
Isn’t the salient property of an inversion simply which note is lowest in pitch? (It has been a long time since I studied music theory.) If so, both of those fit, as does the chord resulting from lowering the e' by an octave. Does it help to ask how a music theoretician describes the expected result of inverting a chord a number of times equal to the number of notes in the chord? Your examples would differ by an octave after that. Speaking as a software designer, if you have implemented a useful function that is more limited than the conventional musical concept of inversion, consider giving it a different name—one that is descriptive without being misleading. Regards, — Dan _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
