On Feb 1, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Jürgen Ibelgaufts wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to write down guitar chords and frets with extra voicings, say a G
> chord with an extra Fifth on the B string, 3rd fret, or Em chord with an
> extra G on the treble e string. As these extra notes belong to the chords,
> you can write g:5, but Lilypond ignores the :5 and prints only G, and the G
> fret diagram gets overwritten by the G:5 fret diagram.
>
> Is there any best practice how to use and print such extra chord names,
> anyway?
Since G5 isn't really a chord (it's either redundant to specify the 5th because
the 5th is already part of the chord or you want to actually play a perfect
fifth double-stop rather than a chord) I am not surprised that the results are
odd.
What you appear to be wanting is often called a "slash chord" which is usually
a triad or tetrad over a specific bass note. It is denoted by a slash between
the chord and the bass note (different from a polychord which is usually
denoted as two triads stacked, separated by a horizontal line). You'll find
more in the documentation under \chordmode, but the short answer for entering
the chord name with a specific bass note is:
g:1/d to produce G/D
e1:min/g to produce Emin/G
etc.
I have no idea how to get those as correct chord diagrams as I don't use that
feature.
Hope this helps somewhat.
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