On Jun 1, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
A chordnamemode *input* mode has been proposed a couple of times.
This mode
would take only a root (and optionally, a slash or alternate bass
note), and
everything else about the chord would be in the form of a markup. For
american jazz chords, this functionality seems to be feasible (but it
couldn't handle the german practice of making minor chords have a
lower case
root name, instead of an upper case root name for a major chord).
Carl succinctly illuminates another problem, which is that LilyPond
works with many different musical systems. I am only familiar with
what he calls "American jazz chords" and would be out to sea if a
German chart was placed in front of me- or one of the many other
notation systems with which I am unfamiliar. Heck, I am out to sea
often enough with American jazz charts! Any changes to the chordname
function would need to be context-sensitive to the needs of many
musical systems.
Would it be feasible to make differences in chord naming conventions
part of language-specific files, like \include english.ly or \include
german.ly etc.? Or does that just end up resulting in multiple
exceptions and complicating things immensely?
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