Re: Jazz chords

[rosea.grammostola]

On 05/22/2012 04:57 PM, Choan Gálvez wrote:
> On 5/22/12 16:53 , rosea.grammostola wrote:
> > On 05/22/2012 12:47 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 05:51:25PM +0200, rosea.grammostola wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > What is the status of this?
> > > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2011-11/msg00285.html
> > >
> > > What do you mean by 'status'? It works for me. I've tweaked the
> > > markup to suit my tastes, and have added some additional chord
> > > structures, enough to regard it as a very functional and useful
> > > framework.
> > >
> > > > I'm searching for a way to display A7(#5)
> > >
> > > If you mean the markup, first find your jazz-chords.ily file and
> > > make a backup. Then find the line inside 'jazzChordsMusic' that
> > > reads:
> > >
> > > <c e gis bes>-\markup\jcRaise{ "+7" }
> > >
> > > Change that to:
> > >
> > > %<c e gis bes>-\markup\jcRaise{ "+7" }
> > > <c e gis bes>-\markup\jcRaise{ "7(" \jcSharp "5)" }

For the same chord, but minor, I changed this:

%<c ees ges bes>-\markup\jcRaise{ {\larger\larger #(ly:export 
(ly:wide-char->utf-8 #x00f8)) } "7" }

to

<c ees ges bes>-\markup{ \jcMinor\jcRaise{ "7(" \jcFlat "5)" } }


Please tell me if this is wrong :)

\r





> > Thanks, that works! :)
> >
> > Another case is the in a bar there is one optional chord diplayed like:
> > (D7)
>
> See <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2009-03/msg00052.html>
>
>
> > or a case that an other chord is placed above the 'default' chord, like
> > (G7(#11)) placed above B7(b5)
>
> You can use a parallel ChordNames context.
>
> Best.