Re: Hello! and question about jazz chords

2009-02-11 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
Note: copied to lilypond-user; we like to keep discussions on list. On 2/11/09 5:00 PM, "Tim McNamara" wrote: > > > On Feb 11, 2009, at 6:50 AM, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > >> On 2/10/09 9:09 PM, "Tim McNamara" wrote: >> >> >> There are two issues at play here, and I think it will be help

Re: Hello! and question about jazz chords

2009-02-11 Thread M Watts
Tim McNamara wrote: On Feb 11, 2009, at 6:11 AM, M Watts wrote: Tim McNamara wrote: I have not been able to figure out how to get LP to print anything like a m7b5 or a 7#9 or a 7b9 using \chordmode. This is difficult with a song like "Angel Eyes" which has a good half-dozen of these types

Re: Hello! and question about jazz chords

2009-02-11 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 2/10/09 9:09 PM, "Tim McNamara" wrote: > > But with jazz lead sheets there has been one problem, which has been > commented on in some previous threads- the use of routine jazz chord > extensions. I have not been able to figure out how to get LP to > print anything like a m7b5 or a 7#9 or

Re: Hello! and question about jazz chords

2009-02-11 Thread M Watts
Tim McNamara wrote: I have not been able to figure out how to get LP to print anything like a m7b5 or a 7#9 or a 7b9 using \chordmode. This is difficult with a song like "Angel Eyes" which has a good half-dozen of these types of chords. Currently I am writing in those extensions by hand beca

Re: Hello! and question about jazz chords

2009-02-10 Thread M Watts
Check the LilyPond Snippet Repository for chord name exceptions. http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=459 It's basically a matter of pruning down the available information into a manageable example that does what you want. ___ lilypond-user mailing

Hello! and question about jazz chords

2009-02-10 Thread Tim McNamara
Hi- My name is Tim and I am a new LilyPond user. Sounds like an AA meeting introduction, sorry! I live in St. Paul MN and started using LP about 10 days ago. Thus far I have been using LP to create jazz lead sheets and- once past the initial learning curve- I've able to set a half dozen