Re: Rewrite chord symbol input and output

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Nick Fletcher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The chord symbol input and output system on Lilypond is driving me nuts - does
> anyone know of a convenient way to rewrite it from scratch so that....
>
> 1) It knows what I mean when I input, e.g. "c:alt7", i.e. c,e,gis,bes,dis
> 2) It knows to display this chord as "C7alt", or whatever.
>
> I'm aware that what I'm asking for sounds a bit drastic but I've tried using the
> chord exceptions system but I can't get it to do what I want. What I'd like to
> be able to do is simply define inputs and outputs as above.

Hi,

 I can add this is a sponsored feature (lilypond-design.com/sponsor). 
There have been many requests for this earlier, so perhaps you can split 
the costs between you and others.


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