Hi Carl, Thanks for clarifying my stream of consciousness blathering. My preference was not to have any chord name displayed at all for tied chords.
Your workarounds are both excellent ideas, however I ultimately adopted Thomas' solution, as it achieved what I needed with minimal entry required. On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 17:34, Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *From: *Ben Eichler <[email protected]> > *Date: *Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 1:46 AM > *To: *<[email protected]> > *Subject: *Ties in chord mode > > > > 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. } > > > > First, the notation you are proposing uses slurs, not ties. > > > > Second, \chordmode already supports ties: > > > > \version "2.18.0" > > > > mus = \chordmode{ > > c1~c1~c1 > > } > > > > \score { > > << > > \new ChordNames {\mus} > > \new Staff {\mus} > > >> > > } > > > > As you can see in this example, ties in \chordmode are done exactly as you > would expect. > > > > The issue is not that ties don’t work in \chordmode, but rather that the > ChordNames context doesn’t display the chords the way you would like to see > them displayed. > > > > Is it your preference that the chord name for tied chords be displayed in > parentheses? Or would you rather have it not displayed at all? > > > > You can make a request for a new feature, but I don’t know that anybody is > actively working on the ChordNames context. So the feature may not be > implemented. > > > > Another possibility for a workaround: > > > > \version "2.18.0" > > > > mus = \chordmode { > > c1 | > > c1 | > > c1*127/128 \once \hideNotes r4*1/32 | > > c1 > > } > > > > > > << > > \new ChordNames \with { > > noChordSymbol=" " > > chordChanges = ##t > > }{ \mus} > > \new Staff {\mus} > > >> > > > > Perhaps the best workaround I can think of is to \set chordChanges = ##t, > then any place you want to show a chord name, you can do either a \once > \set chordChanges = ##t or a \once \unset chordChanges. > > > > \version "2.18.0" > > > > mus = \chordmode { > > c1 | > > c1 | > > c1 | > > c4 f2. | > > c1 | > > % \once \set chordChanges = ##f > > \once \unset chordChanges > > c1 | > > c1 | > > } > > > > > > << > > \new ChordNames \with { > > noChordSymbol=" " > > chordChanges = ##t > > }{ \mus} > > \new Staff {\mus} > > >> > > > > > > HTH, > > > > Carl > > >
