Re: Lilypond - chord progression

[Christian Henning]

Hi all, thanks for the replies. I could fix all of my problems. I'm
using multipliers now which I find easier to use and to read. Thanks
to Brett Duncan.

This now finishes my first project using lilypond. I like it and will
continue using it. Great stuff!

Christian

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Andrew Tucker<address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Christian Henning wrote:
>
>> Hi there, I'm almost finished with my first lilypond piece. I'm quite
>> happy with the results. But, there are a couple of questions left
>> regarding the output. Please consider the following piece:
>>
>> \version "2.12.2"
>>
>> #(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #t)  % deletes the .ps file
>> automatically
>>
>> \header {
>>        title = "Title"
>>        composer = "Band"
>> }
>>
>> <<
>> \new ChordNames {
>> \chordmode
>>        {
>>                \set chordChanges = ##t
>>                g1 |
>>                g4.:sus4~g16:sus4 g2~g16 | \break
>>                bes1 |
>>                bes4.:sus4~bes16:sus4 bes2~bes16 | \break
>>                c1 |
>>                c2:sus4 c2| \break
>>                c:m |
>>                c:m |
>>        }
>> }
>>
>> \new Voice \with
>> {
>>        \consists Pitch_squash_engraver
>> }
>> \relative c''
>> {
>>        \improvisationOn
>>        g4 g8. g16 g8 g~g16 g g g
>>        g8. g16 g16 g g8  ~ g16 g g g g4
>>        g4 g8. g16 g8 g~g16 g g g
>>        g8. g16 g16 g g8  ~ g16 g g g g4
>>        g4 g8. g16 g8 g~g16 g g g
>>        g8 g8 g8. g16 g16 g16 g8 g4
>>        g4 g8. g16 g8 g~g16 g g g
>>        g4 g8. g16 g8 g~g16 g g g
>> }
>>>>
>>
>> Here are my questions.
>>
>> 1. In the first and second line inside the 2nd measure the second
>> chord is hovering to far to the right over the tie. Is it possible to
>> have the chords above the note where the tie starts?
>
> Christian, your rhythms in the chords are different than in the
> \improvisationOn part. Maybe you meant something like
> g1
> g4.:sus4 g8 ~ g2
> ...etc.
>
>> 2. In the last line and 2nd measure. The c:m is missing. Why?
>
> \set chordChanges = ##t    means "only print the chord name when the chord
> changes" - since you have two c:m in a row, it won't print the second
>
>> 3. In the \header does lilypond have options for putting down what the
>> guitar is tuned too? Also, not necessary for this piece, but how can I
>> state where to put a capo?
>>
>
> I'd suggest starting with the Fretted string instruments section (NR 2.4) -
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Fretted-string-instruments.html#Fretted-string-instruments
>
> (I've definitely seen tuning and capo information in there; not sure what
> you're looking for)
>
> best of luck!
>  -Tucker
>
>> Thanks again everyone who helped me out so far,
>> Christian
>>
>>
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