Re: chordmode changes midi instrument

[Mats Bengtsson]

The command
\set Staff.midiInstrument = "violin"
tries to set the property midiInstrument in a Staff context, but since you
don't have any Staff context but a ChordNames context, the command won't
do anything. Try
\new ChordNames{
...
\set ChordNames.midiInstrument = "violin"
...
}
instead.

  /Mats

Manuel wrote:
> Mats Bengtsson <mats.bengtsson <at> ee.kth.se> writes:
>
>   
> > Could you please send a small example to the mailing list that 
> > illustrates what you
> > tried to do.
> >
> >    /Mats
> >
> >     
>
>
> Sure. Here are the first four measures of a song I'm trying to tab. Notice 
> that the first 2 measures use a single note (a) as the chord. The midi file 
> plays it as violin.
>
> In the 3rd and 4th measure, I'm using chords a and e and the midi file plays 
> these with the piano instrument instead of the violin.
>
> ---------------------------START----------------------------------------------
> \header{
>   title = "I Want You"
>   composer = "Elvis Costello"
> }
>
> \version "2.7.39"
>
>      
> \parallelMusic #'(harmonyIntro melodyIntro textIntro) {
>    \transpose c c, { { a1                       a                      }}|
>
>    \relative c''               { cis4.      a8 d4.   cis8  b8  a2 r4 
> a8           }|
>    \lyricmode {                  Oh         my ba-   by   ba- by    
> I             }|
>
>    \transpose c c, {\chordmode { a1                          
> e                   }}|
>
>    \relative c''               { a8   b8  cis8 d8   b'4. cis8 b4. s4. s16   
> cis16( b16 a16) }|
>    \lyricmode {                  love you more than I   can   tell      
> I          }|
>
> }
>
> \score {
>     {
>      <<
>        \new ChordNames { 
>           \harmonyIntro
>           \set Staff.midiInstrument = "violin"
>        }
>        \new Staff <<
>          \new Voice = "melodyIntro" { 
>            \set Staff.midiInstrument = "violin"
> 	   \melodyIntro 
>          }
>          \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melodyIntro" \textIntro
>        >>
>      >>
>      }
>      \layout { }
>      \midi { \tempo 4=80 }
> }
> ----------------------------------END----------------------------------------
>
>
> -Manuel
>
>
>
>
>
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