When using chord names, I recommend using simple structures that reflect the harmonic decision. Otherwise you'll get those "ugly" names. You can use tags or another variable to add the correct staff notes/chords, while leaving the chord names reasonable. PS: it's just an Gb/Bb
Em qua., 17 de dez. de 2025, 18:23, Kevin Cole <[email protected]> escreveu: > The problem has more to do with my lack of music theory and reading > ability than with LilyPond, though I admit a fair amount of ignorance > there too. > > In an attempt to add variation to my very, very simple phrase of a > melody -- with the goal of lengthening it beyond 33 seconds, I started > exploring \inversion and am ending up with awful chord names. > > The melody sounded good when I used "\inversion bf f' { ... }" on it, > so I blithely applied it to \chordmode, which contained chords like > "d:m/a". This ended up becoming "Bbmb3b13/Gb" and lots of other "13"s > but not many "b13"s "b3"s. (These chords sound "fine" to me, though > I'm sure others might have better aesthetic opinions or better ears.) > > Are there simple solutions that will look good and sound "okay"? It > doesn't have to sound exactly the same. If some other inversion would > give me a saner-looking score, I'd entertain the idea. Change key > signatures maybe? I'm using F major for the basic melody. Would > changing the key signature to D minor improve anything? > > Thanks. >
