Re: Hello! and question about jazz chords

[M Watts]

Tim McNamara wrote:
> On Feb 11, 2009, at 6:11 AM, M Watts wrote:
>
> > Tim McNamara wrote:
> > > I have not been able to figure out how to get LP to print anything 
> > > like a m7b5 or a 7#9 or a 7b9 using \chordmode.  This is difficult 
> > > with a song like "Angel Eyes" which has a good half-dozen of these 
> > > types of chords.  Currently I am writing in those extensions by hand 
> > > because it's just the simplest solution.  Looking at the archives 
> > > there seemed to be various solutions that seemed rather kludgy to 
> > > me.  It seems like I ought to be able to type something like d2:m7b5 
> > > and get that chord on the page.
> > Minor seventh, flat fifth --  c:m7.5-
> > Seventh, sharp ninth -- c:7.9+
> > Seventh, flat ninth -- c:7.9-
>
> I will try those, thank you very much!  <Checks, gets an Eø on the 
> page, which works just fine>  I would have never thought of separating 
> chord extensions by dots.  Can multiple extensions be set that way 
> (e.g., c:m7.5-.9+)?

Indeed, just add away -- c:m7.5-.9+ works fine.  If you don't like the 
actual markup used in the chord name, you can make an exception, as 
described in Carl's mail

> I did not see anything like this in the documentation- did I miss it?

It is described here 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Chord-mode#Extended-and-altered-chords

> (There is a *lot* of documentation and much of it has no direct 
> bearing on what I am using LP for, so it's likely I've overlooked many 
> things).

Yup -- LP is _the_ best documented project around.

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