Re: Chord Symbols with inversions

[Richard Shann]

Thanks - that's very neat. And, of course, these solutions can be
transposed at a stroke.

Richard

On Wed, 2014-07-09 at 18:06 +0200, Thomas Morley wrote:
> 2014-07-09 13:52 GMT+02:00 Richard Shann <address@hidden>:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > With notation like
> > \version "2.18.0"
> > \chordmode {
> >   c/g
> > }
> > I can get chord names with /G at the end to indicate a G added below the
> > root of the chord.
> > With the notation
> >  \new ChordNames
> >  {
> >          <c' e' g'>1
> >  }
> >
> > I can get the chord symbol C typeset, but is there any way to get the
> > C/G symbol typeset via this syntax? Obviously, if I just add the low G
> > it interprets it as a chord on the root G.
> >
> > Richard
> 
> 
> How about:
> 
> \version "2.18.0"
> 
> bass =
> #(define-music-function (parser location mus)(ly:music?)
>   (if (music-is-of-type? mus 'note-event)
>       (ly:music-set-property! mus 'bass #t)
>       mus)
>   mus)
> 
> \new ChordNames
>  {
>          <c' e' g' \bass g,>2
>          <c' e' g' \bass e>2
>          <c' e' g' \bass fis>2
>  }
> 
> HTH,
>   Harm