Elaine, All very clear and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot ! Jan
> On 6 Dec 2023, at 02:59, Flaming Hakama by Elaine <ela...@flaminghakama.com> > wrote: > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Jan <jan.vander...@gmail.com <mailto:jan.vander...@gmail.com>> >> To: lilypond-user Mailinglist <lilypond-user@gnu.org >> <mailto:lilypond-user@gnu.org>> >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 22:51:44 +0100 >> Subject: Hide chords >> What is the recommended method to “hide” chord names for a couple of >> measures? For example, in the snipped below I’d like to hide the chords for >> measures 5 to 8. >> >> >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> Jan > > > You can just enter either rests or spacers for the measures where you don't > want chords to appear. > > > Instead of what you have, which would be something like > > mychords = \chordmode { > df1 | bf:7 | ef2:7 af:7 | f1:m7 | > df1 | bf:7 | ef2:7 af:7 | f1:m7 | > } > > You could use the following > > mychords = \chordmode { > df1 | bf:7 | ef2:7 af:7 | f1:m7 | > s1*4 > } > > > > If you have different parts that need all the chords > then you would define different variables, such as in > the following example, allChords and someChords. > > For material that would appear in both, like this 4 bar chord sequence, > you can define that as a variable, too, then reference > that in the other variables. > > chordSequence = \chordmode { > df1 | bf:7 | ef2:7 af:7 | f1:m7 | > } > > allChords = \chordmode { > \chordSequence > \chordSequence > } > > someChords = \chordmode { > \chordSequence > s1*4 > } > > > HTH, > > Elaine Alt > 415 . 341 .4954 "Confusion is > highly underrated" > ela...@flaminghakama.com <mailto:ela...@flaminghakama.com>Producer ~ Composer > ~ Instrumentalist ~ Educator > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
