Re: chord duration

[Ian Hulin]

Christian Henning wrote:
> Hi there, another problem. I hope people don't get too impatient with
> me. I try to figure out how to define a chord notation that doesn't
> quite fit into the normal mode. Please consider the following working
> code example:
>
> \version "2.12.2"
>
> #(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #t)  % deletes the .ps file
> automatically
>
> <<
>   \new ChordNames {
>     \chordmode {
>       g1 | g1:sus4 | g2 g4:sus4 |
        g1 | g1:sus4 | g2. g4sus4 |
%                        ^
% a dot after the length increases the length of the preceding note
% by 50%
>     }
>   }

Chistian, may I recommend
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/user/lilypond/Cheat-sheet#Cheat-sheet
which would help as quick reference for this sort of thing.

Cheers,

Ian