Dear Amelie (and others), just to get this richt: an "alt chord" is a real chord designation and not just "some altered tones". An "alt chord" has 1, b2, #2, 3, b5, b6, b7 and makes for some interesting sounds, both harmonically (no 5, just b5 and #5) and melodically (I especially like having b3 and 3 in this chord).
Regards, - Erwin Am Dienstag, 11. November 2003 16:35 schrieb Amelie Zapf: > Hi Stephan, all, > > > I'm using lilypond to lay out a Jazz piece. I'm stuck with a chord > > "Bb7alt" which the composer specifies. How can I add this chord (as > > text) to the score? > > I hope you're using Lily 1.6.7 or higher with the corrected jazz > code... > > I know of the problem... many jazzers write alt chords, which is not a > real chord designation, but just instructs the player to throw in > "some altered additional tones", whatever they may be. In any case, > it's something I don't use, because I could just as well write "arb", > for arbitrary. > > But it's common practice... so I agree a way should be created to > typeset this symbol. However, it doesn't align with the Lilypond > chord handling system at all. Maybe our Lily internals experts can > give a hint? Making it possible to append text to a chord symbol > should solve the problem, I guess. > > Take care, > > Amy > > > _______________________________________________ > Lilypond-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
