Re: guitarist: how write chord names like Gadd5

[Christ van Willegen]

Hello Jürgen,

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:13 PM, 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?

Perhaps you're looking for something like:
g:3.5.8.13 ?

HTH!

Christ van Willegen