Re: Reusable simulateous notes?

[Jean Brefort]

Hi,

You might use the q letter for repeated chords, such as:

\version "2.19.80"
 \new Staff {
   \clef "treble_8"
   <e, b, e b e'>4->
   q
   \deadNote e,
   q8->
   q
 }

Hope this helps,
Jean
 

Le mardi 12 février 2019 à 11:30 +0000, Stig Brautaset a écrit :
> Hi!
> 
> I'm trying to transcribe the guitar parts of songs I like using
> LilyPond. One thing I've found is that my score gets verbose quickly.
> Here's a (minimal?) sample:
> 
> \version "2.19.80"
> \new Staff {
>   \clef "treble_8"
>   <e, b, e b e'>4->
>   <e, b, e b e'>
>   \deadNote e,
>   <e, b, e b e'>8->
>   <e, b, e b e'>
> }
> 
> My first attempt at making this a bit more readable, by assigning the
> simultaneous note expression(?) a name, doesn't work as I expect.
> Firstly using \accent (or ->) now becomes a syntax error, but more
> importantly changing the duration of individual invocation doesn't
> work.
> (It insert an _extra_ note of the new duration, it seems.)
> 
> \version "2.19.80"
> e_five = <e, b, e b e'>4
> \new Staff {
>   \clef "treble_8"
>   \e_five
>   \e_five
>   \deadNote e,
>   \e_five8
>   \e_five
> }
> 
> I also tried using \chordmode. Whil this allows me to use the (long
> form) of \accent, and allows me to change chord duractions, I find it
> less readable than my original attempt.
> 
> \version "2.19.80"
> \new Staff {
>   \clef "treble_8"
>   \chordmode {
>     e,,4:5.8.12.15\accent
>     e,,:5.8.12.15
>   }
>   \deadNote e,
>   \chordmode {
>     e,,8:5.8.12.15\accent
>     e,,:5.8.12.15
>   }
> }
> 
> 
> Is there any way I can reduce the duplication of simultaneous notes
> and
> make my scores a little bit more readable?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stig
> 
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