Re: Parentheses around chord names above staff?

[Richard Shann]

On Mon, 2024-11-04 at 09:00 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> Oh, I just tested and
> 
> Command: Parenthesize Chord (Off/On)
> Enclose the chord in ( ) on printing.
> Location: Object Menu ▶ Chords
> Internal Name: ParenthesizeChord
> 
> 
> does what you want for a single chord. But, at least with LilyPond
> version 2.24 there is a bug

I have fixed this bug now in Denemo version 2.6.42 with older versions
of Denemo you need to use a LilyPond version earlier than 2.24.0 for
the single open or close paren on a chord.

Richard


>  preventing its sister commands which do an
> open or a close paren on their own from working - the syntax seems to
> have changed ... (see Object Menu ▶ Chords menu for these - they
> should
> work in earlier LilyPond versions)
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2024-11-04 at 08:47 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> > On Mon, 2024-11-04 at 02:51 +0000, wakyct@tilde.team wrote:
> > > hello all,
> > > 
> > > First time posting to the list, I've used Denemo for a couple of
> > > scores now and I really enjoy it. I'm hoping someone can 
> > > advise me on how to add parenthesis around chord names above the
> > > staff, this is a common mark at the end of jazz lead sheets. 
> > > For example, I want to typeset (G-7 C-7 F7) parens included
> > 
> > One way to do this would be to use the fact that you can customise
> > chord symbols - so you could make a set of chord symbols that are
> > the
> > usual chord symbol but with an open parenthesis before it and
> > another
> > set that did things like C-7) ...
> > I'll remind myself how you customise chord symbols in Denemo and
> > come
> > back to you on this. However,
> > 
> > >  above the staff over three measures.
> > > I've searched Denemo and Lilypond docs 
> > 
> > that's a rather kludgy way to go, asking on
> > lilypond-user@gnu.org will
> > undoubtedly give you some neat syntax to use, and armed with that
> > you
> > could come back to this list if it wasn't obvious how to insert
> > said
> > syntax into a Denemo score.
> > 
> > > [...]
> > > I tried inserting a text mark above the staff, and that prints
> > > the
> > > paren in the print view, but I can't drag the paren to 
> > > position it properly (even if I click on typeset in the print
> > > view
> > > --
> > > maybe I'm doing it wrong). The little hand cursor shows 
> > > up, but nothing happens when I click on the paren.
> > 
> > Can you drag *any* text marks? 
> > 
> > Richard
> > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks for any help, George
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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