Re: guitarist: how write chord names like Gadd5

[Patrick Schmidt]

Am 01.02.2011 um 16:07 schrieb Brett McCoy:

> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Jürgen Ibelgaufts <address@hidden>  
> wrote:
>
> > I want to write down guitar chords and frets with extra voicings,  
> > say a G
> > chord with an extra Fifth on the B string, 3rd fret, or Em chord  
> > with an
> > extra G on the treble e string. As these extra notes belong to the  
> > chords,
> > you can write g:5, but Lilypond ignores the :5 and prints only G,  
> > and the G
> > fret diagram gets overwritten by the G:5 fret diagram.
> >
> > Is there any best practice how to use and print such extra chord  
> > names,
> > anyway?
>
> Are you trying to do power chords (root-5th, no 3rd)? Or do you mean
> having the extra 12th (which is the same note as the 5th, an octave
> higher)?
>
> Here's how to do powerchords:
>
> http://lilypond-s-support-for-tablatures.3383434.n2.nabble.com/ 
> Power-chords-td5524246.html
This is part of LilyPond 2.13.? You just have to use the command  
\powerChords in chordmode.

HTH
patrick
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