Re: Chord Naming

[Jack Cooper]

I was a bit lax in not mentioning that this particular setting is mentioned 
under the notation manual
section 2.7.2, "Displaying Chords" for both version 2.12 and 2.13 documentation.

It is sometimes frustrating finding examples as a newer user- after a while you 
start to build a
library of your favourite tricks and shortcuts without remembering where the 
description
of the feature came from.

In general, I do the following when I'm looking for information about a topic 
in lilypond and
have done this since starting out:

1 - Check the notation manual.  I will sometime browse the TOC or look 
specifically in the index.
2 - Do a search in the user list archives.
3 - Browse the LSR

I almost always find what I am looking for by searching through the list 
archives.  There will usually be a pointer to a 
previous discussion where the solution was described,  or a pointer to the 
relevant notation manual chapter
or LSR entry.  The  hardest thing is sometimes finding the right keyword to 
search.

Cheers,
  Jack
 
--
Jack Cooper, BerLen Music
www.berlenmusic.com
www.jack-cooper.com



----- Original Message ----
> From: Martin Tarenskeen <address@hidden>
> To: Jack Cooper <address@hidden>
> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 2:52:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Chord Naming
> 
> 

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010, Jack Cooper wrote:

> You don't have to do 
> this for major sevenths- just include the following within your ChordNames 
> context:
> 
>   \context ChordNames = "Chords" {
>  
>        \set majorSevenSymbol = "maj7"
>      
>    ...
> }

Thank you. THAT's the kind of 
> easy-to-understand-and-ready-to-use example I was looking for.

-- 
> 
Martin