Re: Powerchord

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Oliver,

> Is there any way in lilypond to display a chord name of the form "C5", which 
> commonly denotes a power chord without the 3rd?

Here’s one way:

%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.19.80"

customChordExceptions = {
    <c g>-\markup { "5" }
}

newChordExceptionList = #(append
    (sequential-music-to-chord-exceptions customChordExceptions #t)
    ignatzekExceptions)


\layout {
  \context {
    \Score
    chordNameExceptions = #newChordExceptionList
  }
}

somechords = \chordmode { c1:7 c1:5 }

<<
  \new ChordNames \somechords
  \new Staff \somechords
>>
%%%  SNIPPET ENDS

Hope that helps!
Kieren.

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