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The Trouble with Chord Symbols There often seems to be confusion and disagreement about chord symbols (not just among students, but professional musicians as well!) This is something I’ve thought about a lot and covered extensively in my “ Chord Construction Workshop” series (you can access those lessons by becoming a member on this site for free). Truth be told, since chord symbols are really simply a kind of short-hand notation, good rhythm section players use their ears and taste just as much as what’s written on the page to give the best rendering of the writer’s intention. So it’s just as much art as it is science. With this in mind, here are some thoughts about best practices in chord symbol notation. The Basics Many ago I learned at Berklee NO SUFFIX for a Major triad “min” “mi” or “m” for minor triad “ Maj7” (not the Delta sign for Major 7) “min7” “mi7” or “m7” (never the “-7” sign) “min7(b5)” and not the half-diminishished symbol (the circle with the slash through it) “o7” for diminished 7th was fine though, so go figure. Chord Extensions and Alterations Here are some other helpful “rules” to remember when writing, reading and interpreting chord symbols: 9, 11 or 13 indicated after the root with nothing preceding them are all dominant7 family chords and built from a Mixolydian chord/scale. It’s really simple if you just think of the Dominant 7th or “ Mixolydian” Scale being the default state of affairs when dealing with chord symbols. Everything else is always indicated. To keep things clear, alterations must come after the the initial suffix. For instance C 9 means something very different than C7 9. Similarly C 11 is in no way the same chord as C9 11. It also often helps to put the alterations in parethesis as in C7( 9 C9( 11 etc. but this convention is not always held to. As long as the symbols are in the correct order, that’s usually enough. min7.
Yes, Lily Pond can do Jazz in some fancy jazz-like style! Thanks to Torsten Hämmerle and his marvelous work, this is now possible. EDIT: This content has been superseded by the work of Abraham Lee. Jump to the more recent post for more current instructions and lots more content. The more or less “official” source for the latest preliminary version of Lily JAZZ can be obtained from: lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-03/msg00647.html After extracting the attached zip file, you will find four files: Lily JAZZ.otf (the font file for note heads and stuff) Lily JAZZText.otf (the font file for letters) Lily JAZZ.ily (a Lily Pond file to be included in your file) jazz-test-3.ly (a test file) The installation is simple: first, install the two font files on your system so that Lily Pond can find them. After that, just type to compile the test file. If the fonts are installed properly, your should get a nice Realbook-like sheet. To use that style in your own Lily Pond documents, you have to put \include Lily JAZZ.ily in your document. To tell Lily Pond that you wish to use the jazz fonts, use \jazz On and voilá: that’s all. \version \include Lily JAZZ.ily \score ew Staff \jazz On c'4 c' \tuplet 3/2 d'8- es'- e'- g'4 ~ | g'4 r r8 f'-^ o Beam es' c'-> \bar |. will result in: Of course to make the Jazz style permamently available you should include Lily JAZZ.ily into Lily Pond’s search path.