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changing-an-individual-notes-size-in-a-chord.ly
Individual noteheads in a chord can be modified with the weak
command inside a chord, by altering the 'font-size
property.
Inside the chord (within the brackets < >
), before the note to
be altered, place the weak
command, followed by
#'font-size
and define the proper size like #-2
(a tiny
notehead).
The code for the chord example shown:
The property chordNameExceptions
can used to store a list of
special notations for specific chords.
The layout of the major 7 can be tuned with majorSevenSymbol
customising-the-chord-naming-function-for-jazz.ly
Chord names are generated from a list pitches. The functions which construct these names can be customised. Here are shown Jazz chords, following Ignatzek (pp. 17-18, 1995) and an alternative Jazz chord notation.
Chords following Banter (1987) can also be printed from this snippet, but are turned off for brevity.
volta-brackets-over-chord-names.ly
Volta brackets can be placed over chord names. Just set the voltaOnThisStaff property to "true" for the ChordNames context and to "false" for the topmost ordinary Staff context.
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