* 2012-08-13 16:55 +0200 BrAthanasius:
> I am having difficulty understanding what is going on in the \chords
> dialog. I have not seen anything on the website that clarifies the
> point either. Is "s4" supposed to skip four beats, and if so is that
> what a \breve is worth?
Durations in chord mode work just like for ordinary notes: a suffix 4
gives a chord (or a spacer rest, s) a duration corresponding to a
quarter note; similarly, write 1 for a whole note, 2 for a half note
etc. \breve specifically corresponds to a duration of two whole notes.
If you don't specify a duration for a chord, the previous one is
repeated.
> For instance when I have :
> <<
> \chords { c \breve:m s4 s f s4 c:m }
> \relative c' {
> \set Score.timing = ##f
> \key ef \major
> g'\breve f4 g af \bar "|"
> s
> f\breve ef4 f g \bar "||"
> }
>
>
> I want the g4 at the end of the second measure to have "c:m". I am
> thinking "add s to take care of the skip at the beginning of the
> measure, then add s4 to take care of the \breve followed by s s and
> then the c:m should be over the g4" but that isn't working.
Not sure I understand you correctly. Your notes, written with explicit
durations, are
g\breve f4 g4 af4 | s4 f\breve ef4 f4 g4
Assuming you want this (please view with a fixed-width font):
C . . . . F . . Cm
g\breve f4 g4 af4 | s4 f\breve ef4 f4 g4
where "." indicates no chord and nothing printed, your chord durations
should similarly be
c\breve s4 s4 s4 s4 f\breve s4 s4 c4:m
or more briefly
c\breve s4 s s s f\breve s4 s s c:m
or even
c\breve s2. s4 f\breve s2. c4:m
Best regards,
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