Talk:Factor (chord)

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Can anyone confirm that "chord factor" is a commonly used term for the elements of a chord? I have never heard the term and a search in New Grove for "chord factor" yields no results. I ask because in making my music21 software package I needed a name for these elements and couldn't find any generally used term in 7 music theory books. I ended up creating my own term of chord-step, so I'm curious about whether any more commonly used theory books have a term for this. Neither of the two sources seem to me to be gold-standard sources. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 16:23, 2 January 2015 (UTC)