Re: Proposed chord name font (PDF included)

[Tao Cumplido]

Maybe it would be really better than to have a single font for chords.
I created my font with letters and numbers from CentureySchL and sharp and flat 
from emmentaler and I can type G4 to get G4.
If I type GS4 the output will be Gsus4 or if I just type GS i get just Gsus 
(which is the way I prefer).

The problem in Lilypond is I think that it tries to connect explicit tones to a 
chord symbol (correct me if I am wrong).
But chord names shouldn't be like that, they should be just text and let the 
interpreter have some space to make his/her own thing of the chord name.
for example the symbol C7alt. means a dominant seventh chord with altered 
extensions where it is free to the interpreter if he/she raises or lowers the 
ninth.

with the font and mats suggestion to use them as a lyricline I don't have much 
problems anymore with typing chord names into my scores.
only as pablo pointed out the transpose function is lost and I have to create a 
new chord line for tranposed instruments. but that's only a minor problem.
I don't know about legal issues since I copied glyphs from CenturySchL and 
emmentaler but if someone tells me it's ok I'd like to post a table of my font 
so you can see how it works.

regards,

Tao

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Datum: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:05:55 +0200
Von: "Dominic Neumann" <address@hidden>
An: PabloZum <address@hidden>, address@hidden
Betreff: Re: Proposed chord name font (PDF included)

> Maybe it would be a good idea to make all the chordname things more
> flexible for the users. For example, it would be nice to rename some
> chord names like one can already do with \set majorSevenSymbol =
> \markup { ... }.
> 
> I´d like to have this for the sus4 chords, because i like it more to
> have G4 that Gsus4.
> 
> So it would be nice if all these new ideas for chords would then be
> usable and extensible for every user.
> 
> 
> 2007/7/30, PabloZum <address@hidden>:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Do you want users to be able to write out any _chord_ (which is a
> > collection of notes), or any _chord name_ (which is a description for a
> > collection of notes)?
> >
> >
> > > Are chord names unique for a collection of notes, or can there be
> multiple
> > chord names for one collection of notes?
> >
> > I want to be able to write out any chord *name*. I'm in the early stages
> of
> > writing a book in two versions, one in English and one in Brazilian
> > Portuguese. The Brazilian chord naming standard is different from both
> the
> > European and the American ones, and is not supported in LilyPond's
> current
> > version; neither is the American jazz chord naming standard, with
> stacked
> > modifiers.
> >
> > I'm currently trying out an idea given by Mats Bengtsson in the users
> forum,
> > which is to write out the chord names as an additional set of timed
> lyrics
> > above the score. It's easy to do and it works fine, except that the
> > transposing function is lost.
> >
> > All the same, I'd like to try and learn how to write sourcecode for
> > LilyPond. Is there a manual or a tutorial? I've looked around but just
> found
> > a tutorial & manual for users, not for developers.
> >
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