Re: Cascade Chords

[Michael Gerdau]

Please always include the list, so that others can benefit as well 🙂 I don’t think cascade chord and arpeggio are the same thing.  Maybe a “cascade chord” is a “slow” arpeggio, but what I’m thinking of, each added note occurs on a specific fraction of a measure, say every 1/8 or 1/16, or even ¼ note. The  build-up is slow and regular enough that you actually hear successive notes. I’m not sure “cascade” is even the right term—that’s what Bing told me. Let’s say I play and hold C, then 1/8 note later I add and hold E, then 1/8 note later add and hold G, then 1/8 later add and hold high C (or Bb if it’s a C7), then hold the whole thing for the rest of the measure. Arpeggios don’t necessarily have a timing attached and thus could be played as 1/8th or whatever speed you (or whoever plays the music) deems appropriate. However if you want it written explicitly then the example Werner provided should get you a long way towards your goal. Kind regards, Michael    From: Michael Gerdau <m...@qata.de> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 12:57 AM To: drtechda...@gmail.com Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Cascade Chords   When you say „cascade chord“ do you mean an arpeggio?   If so then yes, Lilypond has a special \arpeggio command that is simply appended to the chord that’s broken.   Kind regards, Michael    Mobil gesendet Am 30.12.2023 um 03:09 schrieb drtechda...@gmail.com:  Is there a special notation for cascade chords (chords played by adding successive notes )?  I could do it by adding a new voice for each note, but that seems unwieldly and cluttered.