Re: guitarist: how write chord names like Gadd5

[Brett McCoy]

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Jürgen Ibelgaufts <address@hidden> wrote:

> I want to write down guitar chords and frets with extra voicings, say a G
> chord with an extra Fifth on the B string, 3rd fret, or Em chord with an
> extra G on the treble e string. As these extra notes belong to the chords,
> you can write g:5, but Lilypond ignores the :5 and prints only G, and the G
> fret diagram gets overwritten by the G:5 fret diagram.
>
> Is there any best practice how to use and print such extra chord names,
> anyway?

Are you trying to do power chords (root-5th, no 3rd)? Or do you mean
having the extra 12th (which is the same note as the 5th, an octave
higher)?

Here's how to do powerchords:

http://lilypond-s-support-for-tablatures.3383434.n2.nabble.com/Power-chords-td5524246.html

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