Re: printing rest in ChordNames context

[Tim McNamara]

On May 13, 2009, at 11:11 PM, 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: ¬
> > --
>
> I don't do much with chords, but I would imagine it means "don't  
> play a chord here".

In jazz lead sheets, the usual method is to write "N.C." above the  
staff ("No Chord") which cues the chordal instruments and rhythm  
section to stop playing to allow the break.  There's a workaround  
that Martial wrote to facilitate this, but it would be nice to have a  
way of writing this more simply (e.g., nc+duration such as nc1, nc2,  
nc4, nc8 etc.).