Oops, one more time...
Try
\chords {
c4:min f:min7
\set minorChordModifier = \markup { "-" }
\break
c4:min f:min7
}
Something I do when I'm not sure what I'm looking for and I want to
search all the documentation is i go to Google.com and enter:
site:lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/ [search key]
Where [search key] in this case would be "chords". That way you don't
have to guess where in the documentation the item is.
Knute Snortum
(via Gmail)
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Knute Snortum <[email protected]> wrote:
> And if you specifically want the "-" to signify minor instead of "m", try:
>
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> Knute Snortum
> (via Gmail)
>
>
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Simon Albrecht <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> But, of course, you’ll find it documented in the Notation Reference:
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/chord-notation and
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-chord-modifiers
>> .
>> Thus, following your examples, you write f1:m7 or ef1:6.9.
>>
>> Best regards, Simon
>>
>> Am 10.05.2014 23:00, schrieb rif:
>>
>> Actually, I'm still not really finding what I want in the snippets
>> repository. I don't see how I can [for instance] get a minor 7th chord
>> symbol. I just want to say "The chord here is F-7" [or Eb-6/9], without
>> having to write out all the notes of the chord, which is what seems to
>> happen in the snippets examples...
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Knute Snortum <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Well, the latter. But if you search for "jazz chords" you find a pretty
>>> good function. I haven't tried it, but I may soon as I have wanted to use
>>> LilyPond for transcribing jazz music and lead sheets.
>>>
>>>
>>> Knute Snortum
>>> (via Gmail)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 9:47 AM, rif <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are you suggesting that the file pop-chords.ly can be obtained from
>>>> the snippets repository? If so, I don't yet see how. Or are you just
>>>> suggesting that the snippets repository contains many useful and
>>>> interesting examples, in which case I agree completely?
>>>>
>>>> rif
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Knute Snortum <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, if the LSR search isn't working the way you want:
>>>>>
>>>>> in Google: "site:lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Knute Snortum
>>>>> (via Gmail)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 7:31 AM, Tim McNamara
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 10, 2014, at 9:11 AM, rif <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently I can get just say f:7.9- to get an F7b9. Hooray!
>>>>>> Still wondering if there's a canonical place for pop-chords.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 7:06 AM, rif <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I see many references to this on the mailing list, but are these
>>>>>>> files anywhere standard? I grabbed an old jazz-chords.ly from some
>>>>>>> mailing list message, but then it didn't work when I included it, and it
>>>>>>> had no version number so I couldn't figure out how to convert it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What I actually want to do: single line melodies with chord
>>>>>>> symbols. I'm using the "Simple lead sheet" from
>>>>>>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/snippets/chords as an
>>>>>>> example, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do things
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> get an F7b9 symbol in there. Most of the "chords" examples I find lying
>>>>>>> around seem to be built around the idea that you want to show a bunch of
>>>>>>> pitches of a chord and then get the name automatically? What am I
>>>>>>> missing?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Lilypond Snippet Repository (a.k.a LSR) is a very helpful place
>>>>>> to look for this sort of thing. I don't have the URL handy on my iPad
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> the name ought to be enough to help you find it via a web search.
>>>>>>
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