On Jan 29, 2011, at 1:02 PM, bart deruyter wrote: > I've noticed something strange in the predefined chord diagrams for guitar. > While writing on my book for teaching guitar, I noticed the chord C# > diminished is weird to say at the least. The fret diagram is very wrong I'm > afraid : > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/predefined-fretboard-diagrams > To be more precise, it shows the use of the third fret on the g-string. Last > time I checked, this is A# or Bb. What does this do in C# diminished? Or am I > so very mistaken?
Well, that is the diminished 7th in a C# dim 7: root b3 b5 bb7 which works out to C# E G Bb. So having it there is technically correct if you are specifying a dim7 chord. If that's not the chord you want (e.g., you want a diminished triad of C# E G) then you don't want it. In jazz fingerings for dim chords the bb7 is generally included as a matter of course. Other styles of music may not do the same. You might try calling it a C# min b5 chord to get the notes you want. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
