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In popular music it is common to denote accompaniment with chord names. Such chords can be entered like notes,
\chordmode { c2 f4. g8 }
Now each pitch is read as the root of a chord instead of a note.
This mode is switched on with \chordmode
. Other chords can
be created by adding modifiers after a colon. The following
example shows a few common modifiers:
\chordmode { c2 f4:m g4:maj7 gis1:dim7 }
For lead sheets, chords are not printed on staves, but as names on
a line for themselves. This is achieved by using \chords
instead of \chordmode
. This uses the same syntax as
\chordmode
, but renders the notes in a ChordNames
context, with the following result:
\chords { c2 f4.:m g4.:maj7 gis8:dim7 }
When put together, chord names, lyrics and a melody form a lead sheet,
<< \chords { c2 g:sus4 f e } \relative c'' { a4 e c8 e r4 b2 c4( d) } \addlyrics { One day this shall be free __ } >>
A complete list of modifiers and other options for layout can be found in Chords.
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