Re: accordion, single note for chords, midi

[Thomas Morley]

2016-04-13 22:51 GMT+02:00 Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden>:
> On the accordion the recommended notation to indicate a chord is writing in
> the bass staff a *single* note between d' and d and writing on top of them
> 'M' for major, 'm' for minor etc.
>
> Doing this with lilypond is easy but the generated midi file will contain
> single notes and not chords.
>
> How can I make lilypond display single note in the score but generate chords
> in the midi file?
>
> Thank you, g.


Maybe:

\version "2.19.36"

m = \chordmode { c4 d:m e:m7 }

\score {
  \new Staff $(event-chord-reduce m)
}

\score {
  \new Staff \m
  \midi {}
}

HTH,
  Harm