Maybe it would be really better than to have a single font for chords. I created my font with letters and numbers from CentureySchL and sharp and flat from emmentaler and I can type G4 to get G4. If I type GS4 the output will be Gsus4 or if I just type GS i get just Gsus (which is the way I prefer).
The problem in Lilypond is I think that it tries to connect explicit tones to a chord symbol (correct me if I am wrong). But chord names shouldn't be like that, they should be just text and let the interpreter have some space to make his/her own thing of the chord name. for example the symbol C7alt. means a dominant seventh chord with altered extensions where it is free to the interpreter if he/she raises or lowers the ninth. with the font and mats suggestion to use them as a lyricline I don't have much problems anymore with typing chord names into my scores. only as pablo pointed out the transpose function is lost and I have to create a new chord line for tranposed instruments. but that's only a minor problem. I don't know about legal issues since I copied glyphs from CenturySchL and emmentaler but if someone tells me it's ok I'd like to post a table of my font so you can see how it works. regards, Tao -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:05:55 +0200 Von: "Dominic Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: PabloZum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Betreff: Re: Proposed chord name font (PDF included) > Maybe it would be a good idea to make all the chordname things more > flexible for the users. For example, it would be nice to rename some > chord names like one can already do with \set majorSevenSymbol = > \markup { ... }. > > I´d like to have this for the sus4 chords, because i like it more to > have G4 that Gsus4. > > So it would be nice if all these new ideas for chords would then be > usable and extensible for every user. > > > 2007/7/30, PabloZum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > Do you want users to be able to write out any _chord_ (which is a > > collection of notes), or any _chord name_ (which is a description for a > > collection of notes)? > > > > > > > Are chord names unique for a collection of notes, or can there be > multiple > > chord names for one collection of notes? > > > > I want to be able to write out any chord *name*. I'm in the early stages > of > > writing a book in two versions, one in English and one in Brazilian > > Portuguese. The Brazilian chord naming standard is different from both > the > > European and the American ones, and is not supported in LilyPond's > current > > version; neither is the American jazz chord naming standard, with > stacked > > modifiers. > > > > I'm currently trying out an idea given by Mats Bengtsson in the users > forum, > > which is to write out the chord names as an additional set of timed > lyrics > > above the score. It's easy to do and it works fine, except that the > > transposing function is lost. > > > > All the same, I'd like to try and learn how to write sourcecode for > > LilyPond. Is there a manual or a tutorial? I've looked around but just > found > > a tutorial & manual for users, not for developers. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kanns mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
