Scheme variables and chordmode

[Timothy S. Nelson]

        Hi all.  I'm a programmer, but a scheme beginner.  I'm using the
following code.

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dostroke = #(define-music-function (parser location chord length) (ly:music? 
num
ber?)
        #{
                \chordmode { e,$length:5.8 }
        #}
)

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        I presume you can all see what I'm trying to achieve here.  However, I
can't get it to work, because it says "Parsing...ERROR: Unbound variable:
length:5.8".  The other variations I've tried all also give errors.  Is there 
some way I can do this using chordmode, or do I have to do it the long way?

        Thanks,


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