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Re: question about chord names
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Paul Scott |
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Re: question about chord names |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:36:59 -0700 |
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chip wrote:
I am adding chord names to my first piece and have a couple questions -
1. When I enter something like F1:maj7 the resulting image shows
Ftriangle (meaning, I believe, F dim). How do I get FMajor7?
There is a way to customize this. Someone else may give us a better
answer but I have just chosen to live with the triangles for now.
Triangles are certainly an accepted jazz symbol for Maj7.
2. How do I show the bass note of a chord? For example: FMaj7/A
Easy: f:maj7/A
3. How about a chord with an alternate flat 5?
For example: Emin7(flat 5)
The notation is easy: e:min7.5- Unfortunately it is printed as a
half-diminished chord with a small circle with a slash through it.
I do understand that Lilypond was/is developed as a classical music
program, but it might work just as well with other forms, like jazz,
which is what I will be working with, mostly.
There is:
\property ChordNames.ChordName \override #'style = #'jazz
but it doesn't give what you want.
To customize chord name printing see:
Regression Tests/|chord-name-exceptions.ly|
<cid:part1.01070303.00020302@ultrasw.com>
and follow the example carefully.
Paul Scott