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chord length in beats


From: vector
Subject: chord length in beats
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:07:23 +1100
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Hi all,
many thanks to Glen for his reply to my previous post(simple chords only template). Im working my way thru that at the moment. I have a question tho how do I tell it the number of bars to hold the chord for?

progChords = \relative c {
  \hideNotes
  f1 bes f c bes f' bes f c f bes f g c bes c f c
}


if I make it f1 f f f bes and use the \set chordChanges = ##t I get the desired output. that is four bars of F followed by Bb. The F text has been removed from the 2,3,4 bar. Perfect

My question is tho, is there a better way to script this? that is having to write four f s. Writing it out the long way my song would be written as
f1 f f f bes2 f f1 c bes f f bes f c f bes f g c bes c c f c

I can use the bes2 to get Bb for 2 beats then F for 2 more (completes the bar) then f1 puts it back 1 chord per bar.. I just cant see anywhere how to tell it I want F for four bars or even 16 beats.

thanks



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