Re: Nashville notation as chord symbols

[Amelie Zapf]

Hi Thomas,

> the cleanest way would be to redefine the chordNameFunction, currently
> it's 'ignatzek-chord-names'
> A lot of work though...
> 
> That said, I've tried the engraver-route.
> Though, I've absolutely no clue about the nashville-system, thus have
> a thorough look at the output:

Harmonically, this appears to be it. However the Nashville Number System
also has rhythmic markings (for chord changes on odd beats of the
measure, for bars with a different count than the rest, for breaks both
long and short…) that still would have to be introduced in order to make
it a standard-conforming Nashville System chart – the system is quite
rigorously defined.

In essence, we'd need to be able to underline chord symbols, to surround
them with square and diamond-shaped boxes, and to decorate them with
tick marks (´) and two kinds of accents (^ and >). For key changes,
there'd need to be a relative modulation mark (such as "Mod +1/2").

Thanks for all your work,

Amy


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