Hi Christian, I changed your example a little to make it work:
\version "2.12.2" \header { title = " \"Creep\" by Radiohead" } << \new ChordNames { \chordmode { g g: sus4 } % I put a space between the colon and sus4 } \new Voice \with { \consists Pitch_squash_engraver } \relative c'' { \improvisationOn g1 g1 % I took out the ":sus4" part } >> Christian Henning wrote: > > Hi there, first post ever. I'm trying to "engrave" a strumming pattern > for a simple chord progression. I can see how a works for major chords > but I'm struggling with sus4 chords. > > Here is what I have: > > \version "2.12.2" > \header { > title = " \"Creep\" by Radiohead" > } > << > \new ChordNames { > \chordmode { g g:sus4 } > > } > > \new Voice \with { > \consists Pitch_squash_engraver > } \relative c'' { > \improvisationOn > g1 > %next line doesn't work > g1:sus4 > } >>> > > Hope this works for you. > > Ambrose > > > > This is what the log tells me: > > C:/Code Samples/music/songs/Radiohead/creep_1.ly:17:3: error: syntax > error, unexpected STRING > g1: > sus4 > > C:/Code Samples/music/songs/Radiohead/creep_1.ly:5:0: error: errors > found, ignoring music expression > > Can anyone help me out? > > Thanks, > Christian > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Strumming-rhythm-for-chord-progression-tp24964466p24965197.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user