Re: a possible enhancement

[Jacques Menu Muzhic]

Hello Don,

Can you supply an example showing how the output score should look?

JM

> Le 22 oct. 2017 à 09:35, Don Gingrich <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> I use Lilypond mostly for song sheets with a melody,
> lyrics and guitar chords. On occasion I use Linux tools
> to generate an MP3 of the tune to make it easier to
> learn to sing a new tune.
> 
> Something that would be "nice" would be a way to
> specify a guitar rhythm that would repeat the chords
> as the midi/mp3 generates.
> 
> OK, I can specify
> 
> c4 c4 c4 |
> f4 f4 g4:7 |
> g4:7 c4 c4 |
> 
> But this generates a *lot* of stuff above the staff that
> contributes nothing to playability.
> 
> Normally the above chords would be specified:
> 
> c4*3 f2 g2:7 c2
> 
> But If an additional section could specify:
> 
> |\accent 4 4 4|
> 
> So that the chord currently active would play in the
> pattern specified -- this would be handy.
> 
> The typical pattern for Irish 6/8 is somewhat like
> \accent 8 r8 8 \accent 8 r8 8
> 
> This may not be something that others would like,
> if that's the case, I *can* always write it so that I
> have either two sets of chords or, if I want to get
> fancy, a guitar part that I only process when generating
> mp3s -- that could allow for things like alternating bass
> and other options. Still a simple multiple chords per
> bar would be useful a lot of the time.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Don
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