Re: How to add Jazz alt chords

[Stephan Wehner]

That's sad news. I did mean adding just the text "Bb7alt" to the top of
the bar.

And there is no workaround except for going into the dvi files?

Stephan

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:35:50PM +0100, Amelie Zapf wrote:
> Hi Stephan, all,
> 
> > I'm using lilypond to lay out a Jazz piece.  I'm stuck with a chord
> > "Bb7alt" which the composer specifies. How can I add this chord (as
> > text) to the score?
> 
> I hope you're using Lily 1.6.7 or higher with the corrected jazz 
> code...
> 
> I know of the problem... many jazzers write alt chords, which is not a 
> real chord designation, but just instructs the player to throw in 
> "some altered additional tones", whatever they may be. In any case, 
> it's something I don't use, because I could just as well write "arb", 
> for arbitrary.
> 
> But it's common practice... so I agree a way should be created to 
> typeset this symbol. However, it doesn't align with the Lilypond 
> chord handling system at all. Maybe our Lily internals experts can 
> give a hint? Making it possible to append text to a chord symbol 
> should solve the problem, I guess.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Amy