Re: printing rest in ChordNames context

[James E. Bailey]

Am 14.05.2009 um 07:08 schrieb Brett Duncan:

James E. Bailey wrote:

Am 13.05.2009 um 23:07 schrieb Stjepan Brbot:

Simon Bailey-2 wrote:

hi zoli,

Zoltan Kota wrote:

Is it possible somehow to display rest symbols in a ChordNames context?

yes. use:

\score <<

     \context ChordNames \with { \consists "Rest_engraver" } {

         ...

     }

I've never seen something like that. What this rest in chords should mean?

For chords stop usually the following sign is used: ¬

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I don't do much with chords, but I would imagine it means "don't play a chord here".

The usual notation is "N.C." for no chord - I cannot say that I have ever seen a rest symbol used for this purpose.

Maybe it's a regional thing (or maybe a composer who doesn't know). I'm in germany, and I had to figure out how to get a rest in the ChordNames because the composer was insistent. Regardless, I imagine the people who have to play it would understand what the rest symbol meant. What N.C. could stand for in german would probably make at least a 2 minute stand up sketch comedy skit.

James E. Bailey