Re: Skip a chord in a lead sheet

[gajatko]

Thank you, this is exactly what I needed. I suggest putting it into
documentation (under the chapter about lead sheets) since I lost many hours
implementing a dirty work-around (which I don't need now).
Cheers - gajatko

-Eluze wrote:
> 
> 
> gajatko wrote:
>> 
>> <pre>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I would like to skip a given duration in a list of chords. For example, I
>> have notes:
>>  c''2  bes'2  c''1  e''2  d''2  e''1
>> and want to have chords displayed for these notes:
>> C  (skip a chord for bes)  Em C D C
>> My application, which uses LilyPond for displaying notes, can easily
>> generate this string:
>> c2  e1:m c2 d2 c1 
>> because it knows duration of the notes. However, it would be more
>> difficult to generate
>> c1  e1:m c2 d2 c1 
>> because I would have to implement an algorithm which sums durations.
>> It would be great if it was possible to put a custom text instead of
>> standard chord names. Then, I could write something like this: " "2, or
>> ".."2, "?"2 etc.
>> 
>> The workaround is to repeat the latest chord and set "\set chordChanges =
>> ##t", but then actual chord repeats would be hidden which is not desired.
>> 
>> Any help appreaciated,
>> greetings and Merry Christmas -- gajatko.
>> 
> </pre>
> <p>not sure to understand - but did you try spacer rests:
> <pre>
> <<
>   \new ChordNames \chordmode  {c''2  s2   c''1  e''2  d''2  e''1}
>   \new Staff                  {c''2  b'2  c''1  e''2  d''2  e''1}
>>>
> 
> 

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