Re: Chord Symbols with inversions

[David Kastrup]

Richard Shann <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.

\withMusicProperty bass ##t g

But I don't think that this is documented/guaranteed as a stable
interface to this kind of functionality.  There is also a more complex
property "inversion" (to be accompanied by "octavation").  Digging
through the code did not really suggest to me how these are supposed to
fit together.

I suspect that there was some original design, but after patching it up
afterwards to account for some problems, it might be indiscernible.

-- 
David Kastrup