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Re: Chords and what they mean
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: Chords and what they mean |
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Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:41:43 -0400 |
Hi all,
On Sep 17, 2015, at 10:10 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> If we are hoping to teach a computer program, i.e. LilyPond, to assign
> correct names to chords, then we have to really say what the
> considerations are that lead one name to be correct over another.
I don’t think anyone here is really hoping to teach Lily to assign correct
names to chords. And since there are, between human musicians and theorists,
significant disagreements about “correct”/“best" naming conventions — not to
mention that a single arranger might have difficulty choosing between two (or
more) names for the same chord — I think the artificial intelligence required
is far beyond the scope of what Lilypond will ever have.***
What __is__ being done, as far as I can tell, is providing a mechanism for
__users__ to tell Lilypond what to __print__ (not “assign”) when faced with a
given vertical intervallic structure (a.k.a. “chord”), and supplying reasonable
__defaults__ (so the user mustn’t start from zero).
Hope this helps!
Kieren.
*** Then again, some intrepid person with a lot of time on their hands and
excellent coding skills might want to tackle such a Herculean task. There might
be a “beauty score” that could be calculated in light of the harmonic movement
before and after the chord in question — much like the way Lily decides between
multiple slur options, the “best” chord name __might__ be calculable with, for
some users, an acceptable failure rate.
________________________________
Kieren MacMillan, composer
‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info
‣ email: address@hidden
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