Re: Chord Charts - rhythm and chords

[Carl Sorensen]

Oscar <spacepluk <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> 
> Hi,This is great, but Is it possible to insert some melody measures with 
> standard notation?? 
> Thanks,Oscar.


Of course.

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mychords = \chordmode {
  c1:7
  f
}

myrhythm = {
  \key f \major
  e8 f8 r8 b8 r8 b8 r8 b |
  c1
}   
%\new Staff \with {
%  \remove Accidental_engraver
%} 
<<
  \new ChordNames {
    \mychords
    \transpose f c {
      \mychords
    }
  }

  
  \new Voice \with {
    \consists Pitch_squash_engraver
  } \relative c'' {
   \improvisationOn
    \myrhythm
    \transpose f c {
      \myrhythm
    }
  }

  \new Voice {
    \relative c'' {
    \improvisationOff
    \myrhythm
    \transpose f c {
      \relative c'' { \myrhythm }
    }
  }
  }
>>


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You should really check out the LilyPond Snippet Repository when looking 
for things like this.  It will save you lots of time.  Just google LilyPond 
Snippet Repository.

Carl