RE: Ties in chord mode

[Ben Eichler]

Wow I’ve never seen that syntax before. Works perfectly for what I need, since I’m only printing chord letters in a ChordNames context. Thanks Thomas!

 

-Ben

 

From: Thomas Morley
Sent: 01 March 2020 07:38
To: Ben Eichler
Cc: lilypond-user
Subject: Re: Ties in chord mode

 

Am Sa., 29. Feb. 2020 um 11:07 Uhr schrieb Ben Eichler <address@hidden>:

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> Hi all,

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> 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.

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> 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 }

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> 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. }

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> 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) }

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> 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.

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> Would appreciate any comments on this. If there's a more appropriate place to submit requests like this I will gladly move it elsewhere.

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> Thanks in advance,

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> -Ben

 

Why not:

 

chrdI = \chordmode { c1. f2 }

chrdII = \chordmode { c1*5/4 f2. }

chrdIII = \chordmode { c1*3 }

 

<< \new Staff \chrdI \new ChordNames \chrdI >>

<< \new Staff \chrdII \new ChordNames \chrdII >>

<< \new Staff \chrdIII \new ChordNames \chrdIII >>

 

Cheers,

  Harm