a possible enhancement

[Don Gingrich]

I use Lilypond mostly for song sheets with a melody,

lyrics and guitar chords. On occasion I use Linux tools

to generate an MP3 of the tune to make it easier to

learn to sing a new tune.

Something that would be "nice" would be a way to

specify a guitar rhythm that would repeat the chords

as the midi/mp3 generates.

OK, I can specify

c4 c4 c4 |

f4 f4 g4:7 |

g4:7 c4 c4 |

But this generates a *lot* of stuff above the staff that

contributes nothing to playability.

Normally the above chords would be specified:

c4*3 f2 g2:7 c2

But If an additional section could specify:

|\accent 4 4 4|

So that the chord currently active would play in the

pattern specified -- this would be handy.

The typical pattern for Irish 6/8 is somewhat like

\accent 8 r8 8 \accent 8 r8 8

This may not be something that others would like,

if that's the case, I *can* always write it so that I

have either two sets of chords or, if I want to get

fancy, a guitar part that I only process when generating

mp3s -- that could allow for things like alternating bass

and other options. Still a simple multiple chords per

bar would be useful a lot of the time.

Thanks,

-Don

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Don Gingrich

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