Re: formal requests

[wintryblue]

> You can do that now as markup, but if there were still a chord mode for
> chords and you could define them in your own file that would be
> pretty neat.  Like:
> 
> Bbvi = {\markup {"B\flat etc...} \mid instrument < bf,, >
>  \mid instrument < g, d f bf > \diag }
> 
> So you could use \Bbvi just for printing the chord name or playing a
> midi
> chord or both at once, and include a diagram too if you wanted.
> 
> It's too bad that you can't just type something like G13(b5b9)/f but
> the numbers are a problem.  daveA

http://www.jazzfont.com/noframes/cordchar.htm
http://www.mimes.com/flash/fonts/fonts/Jazzcord.TTF
http://student.hivolda.no/bakkek/Transport/FONTS/Jazz____.TTF

The reason why I keep bringing up the Finale JazzCord font set is
because for better or worse, it appears to be pretty much the standard
today in transcribing jazz scores/lead sheets. If Lilypond could
achieve the same thing with ease (i.e., not having to tinker with
hacks or messing with defaults), it would be much easier for people to
switch.