Re: Strumming rhythm for chord progression

[Christian Henning]

Hi all, thanks a lot for your reply. I think I understand now. Inside
the \improvisationOn section I don't have to reuse the real chord
name. A placeholder might be sufficient? So instead of writing g1:sus
I can just use g1. All I want in the end is to have the chord name to
appear above the stave only. Am I on the right track?

Thanks again. Lilypond is a great tool!

Christian


On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Patrick Schmidt<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> I think you just forgot one closing curly brace ("}"). This works for me:
>
> \version "2.12.2"
> <<
>  \new ChordNames {
>    \chordmode {
>      g1 g2:sus4 g
>    }
>  }
>
> \new Voice \with {
>    \consists "Pitch_squash_engraver"
>  } {
>    \relative c'' {
>      \improvisationOn
>      g4 g8. g16 g8 g~g16 g g g
>      g8. g16 g8 g r g g g
>    }
>  }
>>>
>
> You should indent your code and your braces. It's easier to read and to find 
> errors.
>
> HTH
> patrick
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:02:20 -0400
>> Von: Christian Henning <address@hidden>
>> An: address@hidden
>> Betreff: Strumming rhythm for chord progression
>
>> Hi there, first post ever. I'm trying to "engrave" a strumming pattern
>> for a simple chord progression. I can see how a works for major chords
>> but I'm struggling with sus4 chords.
>>
>> Here is what I have:
>>
>> \version "2.12.2"
>> \header {
>>   title = " \"Creep\" by Radiohead"
>> }
>> <<
>>    \new ChordNames {
>>  \chordmode { g g:sus4  }
>>
>>   }
>>
>>   \new Voice \with {
>>     \consists Pitch_squash_engraver
>>   } \relative c'' {
>>     \improvisationOn
>> g1
>> %next line doesn't work
>> g1:sus4
>> }
>> >>
>>
>>
>> This is what the log tells me:
>>
>> C:/Code Samples/music/songs/Radiohead/creep_1.ly:17:3: error: syntax
>> error, unexpected STRING
>> g1:
>>    sus4
>>
>> C:/Code Samples/music/songs/Radiohead/creep_1.ly:5:0: error: errors
>> found, ignoring music expression
>>
>> Can anyone help me out?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Christian
>>
>>
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