Oh, I just tested and Command: Parenthesize Chord (Off/On) Enclose the chord in ( ) on printing. Location: Object Menu ▶ Chords Internal Name: ParenthesizeChord
does what you want for a single chord. But, at least with LilyPond version 2.24 there is a bug preventing its sister commands which do an open or a close paren on their own from working - the syntax seems to have changed ... (see Object Menu ▶ Chords menu for these - they should work in earlier LilyPond versions) Richard On Mon, 2024-11-04 at 08:47 +0000, Richard Shann wrote: > On Mon, 2024-11-04 at 02:51 +0000, wak...@tilde.team wrote: > > hello all, > > > > First time posting to the list, I've used Denemo for a couple of > > scores now and I really enjoy it. I'm hoping someone can > > advise me on how to add parenthesis around chord names above the > > staff, this is a common mark at the end of jazz lead sheets. > > For example, I want to typeset (G-7 C-7 F7) parens included > > One way to do this would be to use the fact that you can customise > chord symbols - so you could make a set of chord symbols that are the > usual chord symbol but with an open parenthesis before it and another > set that did things like C-7) ... > I'll remind myself how you customise chord symbols in Denemo and come > back to you on this. However, > > > above the staff over three measures. > > I've searched Denemo and Lilypond docs > > that's a rather kludgy way to go, asking on > lilypond-u...@gnu.org will > undoubtedly give you some neat syntax to use, and armed with that you > could come back to this list if it wasn't obvious how to insert said > syntax into a Denemo score. > > > [...] > > I tried inserting a text mark above the staff, and that prints the > > paren in the print view, but I can't drag the paren to > > position it properly (even if I click on typeset in the print view > > -- > > maybe I'm doing it wrong). The little hand cursor shows > > up, but nothing happens when I click on the paren. > > Can you drag *any* text marks? > > Richard > > > > > Thanks for any help, George > > > >
