David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>
> Hi, from a user perspective, chordmode is unnecessary and restricted.
> You can't combine different voices (in particular for adding bass
> notes), you can't write chords and bass notes together,
You can do this:
\context Voice {
<<
\chordmode {c}
{g}
>>
}
which, while it is more verbose, does put a bass note on the chord.
> you can't put
> non-chorded material in between,
Similarly, you can do
\context Voice \relative c' {
c4 \chordmode {c} f a
}
to mix and match chords and non-chords.
> relative mode is not possible (like for
> chord progressions)
I suspect that it would be possible to add relative mode to chord mode,
although I admit I haven't looked into that yet.
> and so forth and so on.
>
I'm not raising this as an argument against eliminating chordmode, I
just wanted to point out that every thing you asked for explicitly (except
for relative mode) can presently be done in LilyPond.
Thanks,
Carl
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