On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:04:50AM -0500, Marc Mouries wrote:
> i'd like to know about the rationale behind not supporting chords with notes
> of different duration.
Because there's no such thing as a chord with notes of different
duration.
> In the case typesetting violin music it would be much simpler if the notation
> for chord allowed for notes of different duration.
> It also applies to other instruments where chords are arpegiated and the top
> notes continue.
That's not a chord. That's multiple voices, and they're simple to
write in lilypond. Please read the learning manual.
If anybody was interested, they could write a music function which
automatically translates the music into the relevant multiple
voices. The input code would look like this:
\violinChord{ g4 d' b' g'2 }
Once such a function were written by a user, it could be uploaded
to LSR or just sent here for discussion. Once any bugs were
worked out, it could be included in lilypond.
- Graham
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