Re: Chord notation in files output by Rosegarden

[Brett Duncan]

Lorenzo Bicci wrote:

> There is no No Chords symbol or function in Rosegarden. I'm referring to
> the use of "N.C." or "NC" to mean that instruments that are playing
> chords must stop playing chords, which i've seen especially in pop
> music. Of course a "N.C." markup could be put in as text, but it would
> be more confortable and logical having the possibility to put it among
> the chords in the chords section of the .ly file.
> (Sorry for my bad English, I hope it was clear anyway :) )

You could always define a "no chord" markup like this:

nc={ \mark \markup{ " " \halign #-3 \sans "N.C."}}

and then in your chords, put something like \nc s1
(changing the duration of the spacer rest to suit).

Brett