[abcusers] RE : Complex Chords in ABC, and in other software...

2002-04-07 Thread Forgeot Eric
I propose to compare the chords example given by Luis Pablo Gasparotto with a software which has a chord dictionnary (power tab editor) >I'm convinced that a good point to start a CHORD STANDARIZATION >is to >see what are the concepts which everybody agree. I think this >concepts are: (I totall

Re: [abcusers] Re: Complex Chords in ABC

2002-04-05 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Cdim7 = C,_E,_G,__B You're absolutely right, and if you lower the whole thing you get Cbdim7 = _C,__E,__G,___B Never in practical use, right? Wrong! A very common way to go to 2nd degree in jazz is by bIIIdim so in Ab you get Cm7 Cbdim Bbm7. Anyw

[abcusers] Re: Complex Chords in ABC

2002-04-05 Thread DavBarnert
Luis Pablo Gasparotto wrote: >I'm convinced that a good point to start a CHORD STANDARIZATION >is to see what are the concepts which everybody agree. I think >this concepts are: >[snip] >Cdim7 = C,_E,_G,A Not quite. On a piano, a diminished 7th (the interval, not the chord) is the same as a

[abcusers] Re: Complex Chords in ABC

2002-04-04 Thread Bryancreer
Mike Whitaker - >- people who can't distinguish between a single standard that allows >chords to be machine-readable, and 'you've left my pet notation out' Just the sort of thing I've been trying to say about the standard in general for some time. and Laurie Griffiths said - >Brilliantly pu