Re: showing alternative chordname

[David Kastrup]

bart deruyter <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I got stuck here in a transcription of a folk tune. I'd like to show a
> possible alternative for a chord e.g.:
> C(Gm7). It's written like this in the orignal, but I'm not sure if that's
> the correct way to describe a possible alternative for a chord, or how to
> achieve it.
>
> if anyone has an idea...

\chords { c4 g \once \override ChordName.text = "C(Gm7)" c g }

Works as of version 2.19.9 (issue 3966) in connection with detecting
chord changes, but the original implementation is in 2.17.2
(issue 2813).  Most uses will likely work as expected even then.

-- 
David Kastrup