inversions in lilypond 1.8.2

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> I hope I haven't missed list discussion of this in the recent past. I'm 
> afraid Alaska has been frustrating me a bit, but that's another story.
> 
> I'm trying to set a keyboard part for music I have to play tomorrow 
> night (isn't it always that way?). For voice leading, I really need an 
> Aminor chord in the third inversion, ie, c e a.
> 
> Using a:m gets a c e. This is fine.
> Using a:m/c gets c a e. This is not.
> Using a:m/e is almost ok, but I don't know of a good way to move the c 
> down. Using a:m/e/c or a:m/c/e gets errors.
> 
> I would be willing to use a,:m if I could transpose the a 'out of the 
> chord' to where it belogns on the top... but there seems to be no 
> octave-up version of /a.
> 
> Have I missed something the size of a moose or is there a work around in 

Not sure. Maybe we missed the moose. The quickest way to get c e a is
doing

  c:3.6

The chord entry is intended for ChordNames, and these usually don't
have explicit choices for voicings (so I gather).

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