. * script engraver
. * HaraKiriStaffContext removes bar lines and doesn't remove
staff margin text on removed staff lines.
+. * Chords:
+. * Bass/inversion pitch when not part of Chord
+Sometimes a series of changing chords will be blocked out over a static tone
+in the bass, usually this was referred to as a pedal tone (and it's been
+continued to be used, even in contemporary music). Another less frequently
+used practice is putting a non-chordal tone in the bass (that is not acting
+as a pedal tone) in order to create tension or make a more colorful sound.
+There are examples of this in the classsical literature, but its use is much
+more prevalent today. For example, the chord sequence Dm7 - Dm7/G is such a
+sequence, and the Dm7/G defies easy classification. Is it a G7(no 3rd)add
+9/11? Or is it a G7(no 3rd)add2/4? Or perhaps Dm7 add11? It's a heck of a
+lot easier to read to just leave it as Dm7/G!
+. * Diminished does not mean 5-
+When speaking of a chord, dimished can mean one of two things: A diminished
+triad or a dimished seventh chord (which is distinctly different from what's
+known as the 'half-diminished' chord). The triad is a root with a flat
+third and flat fifth, and is notated (at least in America, someone else will
+have to fill me in on other countries) as (using C as the root) Cdim, or Co.
+The diminished seventh has a root with a flat third, flat fifth, and a
+doubly flatted seventh (which is enharmonically equivalent to a sixth, and
+from which comes tons of confusion). It is usually notated as (again, using
+C as the root) Cdim7 or Co7.
+
. * Mondrup:
- I would like the possibility of forcing clef- and key- changes to be