RE: Proposed chord name font (PDF included)
> Do you want users to be able to write out any _chord_ (which is a collection > of notes), or any _chord name_ (which is a description for a collection of > notes)? > Are chord names unique for a collection of notes, or can there be multiple > chord names for one collection of notes? I want to be able to write out any chord *name*. I'm in the early stages of writing a book in two versions, one in English and one in Brazilian Portuguese. The Brazilian chord naming standard is different from both the European and the American ones, and is not supported in LilyPond's current version; neither is the American jazz chord naming standard, with stacked modifiers. I'm currently trying out an idea given by Mats Bengtsson in the users forum, which is to write out the chord names as an additional set of timed lyrics above the score. It's easy to do and it works fine, except that the transposing function is lost. All the same, I'd like to try and learn how to write sourcecode for LilyPond. Is there a manual or a tutorial? I've looked around but just found a tutorial & manual for users, not for developers. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Can I have my own custom LilyPond?
I have done what you suggested. Please check the devel-list for the pdf with my proposal. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2007-07/threads.html___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Can I have my own custom LilyPond?
Thank you, Dominic. I'm new here and I hadn't thought of that. I'll make a pdf with my chord-name font and its various combinations. Who should I send it to? (I'm sorry, I don't know how to thread this answer directly under yours at the forum.) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Can I have my own custom LilyPond?
I'm rather dissatisfied with the way LilyPond prints chord names. After trying all the ideas some people here have generously given me to try and use my own chord-name font, I've come to the conclusion that the only practical way to achieve what I want is by changing the sourcecode to fit my own fairly idiossincratic chord-name style. Is it possible to do that? I mean, to fiddle with the sourcecode, change it to my own requirements and have an indepedent LilyPond? If so, which files are relevant?___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: How can I change the ChordNames font?
Thank you, Kieren.
I'm actually using OooLilyPonder on OpenOffice, so I had to adapt the code you
sent me to get a working result:
<<
\new ChordNames {
\override ChordName #'font-name = #"Times"
\set chordChanges = ##t
\chordmode { a1:9- c:m7 }
}
\new Voice = "one" { \autoBeamOff
\relative c' {
\key c \major \time 4/4
a2 b c d }
}
>>
However, after some simulations with my font ("Cifrado"), I don't think I'll
get very far, as LilyPond's preset chord name extensions ("m7", "7/add13") are
too cumbersome to try and create a new font by substituting other characters
for the existing ones.
Is there a command to change the way the chord extensions behave, by allowing
virtually *any character* to be placed just after the note name, say, "C7&@" or
"Gm6!P" or whatever? Or would this involve tweaking with the sourcecode?___
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How can I change the ChordNames font?
I have tested, to the best of my abilities, the various solutions offered here to the problem of using my jazz-chord-names font "Cifrado" instead of the default LilyPond font. I am not completely satisfied by any of them. But I have just thought that I can use the chord-name-entry that is built into LilyPond, but then create one or two completely new fonts that might print different and more desirable characters in place of the characters allowed for by the LilyPond default. Do you know how I can change the ChordNames defautl font?___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: jazz chords in LilyPond
Thanks, Tao, but that's the Chord Name Chart I just mentioned. A longer chart
is here:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v1.9/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Chord-name-chart.html
However, this chart is misleading. Take the case below.
<<
\new ChordNames {
\set chordChanges = ##t
\chordmode { a2:m7 b:9 c:dim7 d:13 }
}
\new Voice = "one" { \autoBeamOff
\relative c' { \key c \major \time 4/4 a2 b c d }
}
>>
Notice that Am7, B9 and Cdim7 come out fine, but D13 appears as D9/add13. What
to do for A7b9? If you follow the Chord Chart and input "a:7/b9", you get an
error message calling it "spurious garbage following chord".
There should be a list somewhere, like:
a:min7 > Am7
a:aug > A+
??? > A7b9
LilyPond's chord name system seems OK up to a point, and I'd like to give it a
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Re:jazz chords in LilyPond
Thank you, Carl and Tao. I'll try both ideas. I've found that LilyPond *can* print many jazzy chord names after all, though some of them look a little unwieldy. The Chord Name Chart in the LilyPond Manual lists the resulting printed view of the chord names but it does not list the actual words we must input to get those names. For instance, I know that "f:min7" outputs as "Fm7" and "c:aug" outputs as "C+"; but what must the input be to get the output "C13". If I input "c:13", I get "C9/add13" which is a handful. What must be the input to print something like, say, A7#9b13? Is there such a list?___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
jazz chords in LilyPond
I have developed my own chord name font, "Cifrado", which I use to print scores
in other programs. With it, I'm able to print complex jazz chords with fewer
keystrokes (e.g., "A7#9b13" is input just with "ax;"). I've been trying to make
OooLilyPond use this font for chord names in OpenOffice. I've reached as far as
this:
\new ChordNames
\context ChordNames {
\override ChordNames . ChordName #'font-name = #"Cifrado"
{
\set chordChanges = ##t
\chordmode { a2:m7 b:7 c:9 d:7 }
}
}
But "Cifrado" uses all keys on the keyboard and I can't get LilyPond to process
chord extensions that have not been preset into the program.
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ooolilypond user
OooLilyPond seems to be EXACTLY what I was looking for to write a book on jazz
improvisation.
I use Window XP and I can get it to insert simple scores in OpenOffice.org such
as:
\key c \minor \relative c'' { c16 es, d es c es d es c' es, d es c es d es }
which is the test given in the sourceforge webpage.
However, other scores that are created in LilyPond without problems, such as
this one given in the LilyPond tutorial:
\version "2.10.10"
melody = \relative c' {
\clef treble
\key c \major
\time 4/4
a b c d
}
text = \lyricmode {
Aaa Bee Cee Dee
}
harmonies = \chordmode {
a2 c2
}
\score {
<<
\new ChordNames {
\set chordChanges = ##t
\harmonies
}
\new Voice = "one" {
\autoBeamOff
\melody
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
>>
\layout { }
\midi { }
}get quite a lot of "syntax error"s and "unknown escaped string"s and
"unexpected string"s.
Does OooLilyPond have a shorter scope than LilyPond?
I've tried running both "lilypond.exe" and "lilipon-window.exe" as the
executable on "config", with the same results.
Thank you!
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