Re: How to parenthesise bass note in chord symbol?

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> Am Sa., 6. Okt. 2018 um 23:48 Uhr schrieb Peter Crighton
> <address@hidden>:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I need the bass note of a chord symbol to be in parentheses, like so:
>> C(/G)
>>
>> How could I achieve this? I am, sadly, clueless.
>>
>> \version "2.19.82"
>> \new ChordNames {
>>   \chordmode {
>>     % like this, but with only the /G in parentheses -> C(/G)
>>     \parenthesize c1/g
>>   }
>> }
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>
> Hi,
>
> probably:
>
> \new ChordNames
>   \chordmode {
>     \set slashChordSeparator = ""
>     \set chordNoteNamer =
>     #(lambda (pitch lowercase?)
>       (make-line-markup (list "(/" (note-name->markup pitch lowercase?) ")")))

I'd have said make-concat-markup instead of make-line-markup, but it
would appear that word space is removed anyway.  Seems a bit weird to
me.

>     c/fis
>     c/g
>   }

-- 
David Kastrup