Re: Chord symbols spacing

[Noeck]

Am 16.11.2012 06:46, schrieb Stretto:
> I've used custom markup instead of chord symbols because I don't understand
> how to write custom symbols. When using markup the 7b5 looks like 7 b 5 and
> the flat has a lot of space on each side. Using a 'b' symbol works fine but
> doesn't look musical. e.g., ...\super{7\flat5}

For the markup solution, I would try \concat as described in the manual:
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/formatting-text#selecting-font-and-font-size

\markup{ \concat{ "A" "B" "C" } }
results in ABC (and not A B C with spaces).

So, the following line should do it (even though a bit lengthy for just
4 characters):
\markup{ C\super{\concat { "7" \flat "5" } } }

HTH,
Joram