Re: Lead sheets: Maj. 7 chords

[Ivan Kuznetsov]

And that was it!
Thank you so much.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 3:50 PM Aaron Hill  wrote:
>
> You need to adjust the majorSevenSymbol [1].
>
> [1]:
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/customizing-chord-names#chord-name-major7
>

Re: Lead sheets: Maj. 7 chords

[Aaron Hill]

On 2024-04-09 1:43 pm, Ivan Kuznetsov wrote:

have been creating some lead sheets in
the style of the "Real Book", using
the \chords{} syntax.  However,
I do not like the way the default
notates "major 7 chords", that is,
a major triad with a major seventh.

The default is to use a "triangle"
to notate such a chord (shown below
in my example" but I much prefer
the way the Real Book notates
such chords, by writing out
"maj7".

How can I get the \chords {} syntax
to notate "major 7 chords as
I prefer, using the notation
"maj7" ?



You need to adjust the majorSevenSymbol [1].

[1]: 
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/customizing-chord-names#chord-name-major7



-- Aaron Hill

Lead sheets: Maj. 7 chords

[Ivan Kuznetsov]

 have been creating some lead sheets in
the style of the "Real Book", using
the \chords{} syntax.  However,
I do not like the way the default
notates "major 7 chords", that is,
a major triad with a major seventh.

The default is to use a "triangle"
to notate such a chord (shown below
in my example" but I much prefer
the way the Real Book notates
such chords, by writing out
"maj7".

How can I get the \chords {} syntax
to notate "major 7 chords as
I prefer, using the notation
"maj7" ?

Thank you for your help.


\score {

  <<
  \chords { bf1:maj7 }
  \new Staff = "mel"
  {
\time 4/4
\clef "treble"
c''1

  }
  >>

}