Re: Three newbie questions

[Dominic Neumann]

Welcome to LilyPond, André!

1) I don´t know, but I´m interested, too!

2) You should set \germanChords or \semiGermanChords to meet your needs.

3) I don´t think, it´s possible to let LilyPond decide how to print
stanzas at the end.

Dominic

2008/11/6 Atte André Jensen <address@hidden>:
> Hi
>
> I have a couple of questions, that I couldn't figure out in the
> documentation.
>
> 1) If I have a set of chords that I'd like to be printed like this:
> Fm  -/Eb  Bb/D
> how do I then get the dash ("-") symbol (meaning "repeat the previous chord,
> now with Eb in the bass"?
>
> 2) I'm danish, and we write "H" instead of "B". How do I get lilypond to
> write "H" in a chord instead of "B".
>
> 3) When writing a song with lyrics, for instance a Christmas carol, there a
> alot of additional verses. I read "7.3.9.4 Printing stanzas at the end" on
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond-big-page#Vocal-music,
> but that a) seems cumbersome b) doesn't seem to allow spacing between verses
> and c) is in one column. Ideally I'd like to simply enter the additional
> verses in raw text, and have lilypond figure out how to place them, for
> instance by looking at blank lines (separating verses) which in case of 5
> additional verses should be like this (centered):
>
> 2. this is          4. this is
>   verse two           verse four
>
> 3. this is          5. this is
>   verse three         verse five
>
>           6. this is
>              verse six
>
> If the lines are too long it should be printed like this (centered):
>
> 2. this is verse two
>   with a looong line
>
> 3. this is verse three
>   with a looong line
>
> 4. this is verse four
>   with a looong line
>
> 5. this is verse five
>   with a looong line
>
> 6. this is verse six
>   with a looong line
>
> I hope my questions are clear, and sorry if I overlooked it in the manual.
>
> --
> Atte
>
> http://atte.dk    http://modlys.dk
>
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