Hi all,
I transcribe songs using a style of melody + lyrics + chords. In certain songs, I write the same chord twice. Sometimes I want both chords to be printed, for example the second chord is starting a new section. Other times I may want only the first chord to be printed. \set chordChanges = ##t is too blunt an instrument (ha!) to deal with these situations. The only tool I am aware of to deal with this is overflowing bar duration, but sometimes the duration needs to be either irregular or longer than 6 beats, and having a tie would become helpful.
In a 4/4 time signature, if I want to make a chord last for 6 beats, I can luckily work around it using a dotted duration that overflows the bar:
Chord notation: |C . . . |(C) . F . |
Lilypond notation: {\chordMode { c1. f2 }
But suppose I want that C major chord to last only for 5 beats, in a melody I would use a tie, but that doesn't work in chord mode, the second chord is printed which I don't want:
Chord notation: |C . . . |(C) F . . |
Lilypond notation: \chordmode { c1( c4) f2. }
Or maybe I want that C major chord to last for 3 bars. Multiple ties can be used in a melody, but there's no equivalent in chord mode, the 2nd and 3rd chords are printed which I don't want:
Chord notation: |C . . . |(C) . . . |(C) . . . |
Lilypond notation: \chordmode { c1( c c) }
Unless anyone can recommend a workaround for this, I am submitting a request to support ties in chord mode. The parentheses ( ) syntax used for melody seems the obvious choice.
Would appreciate any comments on this. If there's a more appropriate place to submit requests like this I will gladly move it elsewhere.
Thanks in advance,
-Ben