writing chords

[James E. Bailey]

I will be the first one to admit that I don't work with chords frequently. I'm also trying to understand them. I understand that I can enter c:7 and lilypond will recognise that I want to display c7, and display it accordingly. Since I wanted to make some changes to some of the defaults, I decided to make a little list of all the chords, and what is typed in order to get lilypond to display them. I've run into some chords that I don't know how to name properly, so I thought I would ask for help. I would like I know what I need to type in order to get these chords. Here is what I want, and what I've tried:

\version "2.12.2"

\paper { indent = #0 }

\layout {\context {\Score \remove Bar_number_engraver} }

\score {

   \new ChordNames {

      <c e g bes d' f' a'>

      \break

      <c e g bes des' f' as'>

      \break

      <c e g bes des' f' a'>

      \break

      <c e g b d' f' a'>

      \break

      <c e g b d' fis'>

      \break

      <c f g>

      \break

      <c f g bes>

      \break

      <c f g bes d'>

      \break

      <c e g d'>

      \break

      <c es g f'>

   }

}

\score {

   \chords {

      c:13

      \break

      c:13-9-7

      \break

      c:9-7-13

      \break

      c:7+13

      \break

      c:11+7-

      \break

      c:4

      \break

      c:7-4

      \break

      c:94

      \break

      c:m4

   }

}

James E. Bailey