Newbie, Some quick chord questions?

[Rick Hansen (aka RickH)]

Hello,

I'm a new adoptor of LilyPond, everything is going fine except for some
minor snags trying to enter chord names at this time.

1) How can I enter a chord name with a designated bass note? (commonly
called "slash" chords).  For example how would I enter the chord name
"Cm7b5/Ab"?  Where if I transpose the piece both the "C" AND the "Ab" will
be transposed properly too?

I already figured out how to turn off the "chordNameSeparator" (that is
obviously not a part of standard chord notation).  Also a slash in a chord
name always designates the bass note, (not to be confused with the root note
which is the first character), using slashes in a chord name for any other
purpose than designating bass notes is confusing.

2) Also what is this b3 designation (flatted third I presume)?  I've never
seen or heard of this.  (the third is never to be designated as an
alteration of the triad because it is the most critical note of any chord,
in most cases more critical than the root even).  Even in chords where both
the minor and major thirds are present the designation should be mM or
minMaj for the chord not b3 or 3.

3) Also if I use guitar chord fret diagrams, will they transpose properly,
up/down the neck if I include the fret position marker?

4) Is there any plan of adding "Nashville notaion" of chords, for example
VIm7b5?  Where the chord root names are tied to the current key diatonic
instead of explicitly named.

I understand that I can do all of the above as text markup, but I dont want
to lose transpostion capabilities.

Thanks


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