Re: How to get "N.C." in a chord line

[Holly Briscoe]

Thanks, Dick! Earlier today I spent two hours searching the list for "pause 
chord" "suspend chord" "no chord" and any other word I could think of with no 
results.

I couldn't find \notemode in the manual or the program reference (at least not 
by searching in the doc that comes up when I click the "one big page" link next 
to the "Program reference" on the documentation page). (Of course, I couldn't 
search for \notemode until after I got Dick's response!)

Should another "chord" be added to allow a construction like

g2 nc2

which means a G chord for two beats then no chord for two beats?

Holly

>This was actually discussed recently...  Here is an example from one of
>my sources.
>
>chordletterssectiona = \chordmode {
>    g1 | g1 | c4:6 d4:7 g2 | g1 |
>    c2:6 c4:min6 d4:7 | g1 |
>    g1 | g1 | c4:6 d4:7 g2 | g1 |
>    c2:6 c4:min6 d4:7 |
>    g2. \notemode { <\tweak #'text #"No chord" g>4 } |
>    s2 g4 \notemode { <\tweak #'text #"No chord" g>4 } |
>    s2 g4 \notemode { <\tweak #'text #"No chord" g>4 } |
>    s4 d8:7 \notemode { <\tweak #'text #"No chord" d>8 } s4 g8 \notemode
>{ <\tweak #'text #"No chord" d>8 } |
>    s4 c4 d2:7 |
>    g1 |
>}
>
>Note, I never include the chordmode stuff when creating MIDI only in
>printed output.  If you did try to include this into MIDI, you would end
>up with those notes played where you really wanted nothing.
>
>Dick