> On 3 Aug 2015, at 10:16, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> bart deruyter <bart.deruy...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I got stuck here in a transcription of a folk tune. I'd like to show a
>> possible alternative for a chord e.g.:
>> C(Gm7). It's written like this in the orignal, but I'm not sure if that's
>> the correct way to describe a possible alternative for a chord, or how to
>> achieve it.
>>
>> if anyone has an idea...
>
> \chords { c4 g \once \override ChordName.text = "C(Gm7)" c g }
>
> Works as of version 2.19.9 (issue 3966) in connection with detecting
> chord changes, but the original implementation is in 2.17.2
> (issue 2813). Most uses will likely work as expected even then.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
> _______________________________________________
You could also use
^\markup “(gm7)”
After the first note in the relevant bar of the melody, which puts this and any
other alternative chords at a different level above the stave from the original
chords.
Michael
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