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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: Wanting to parenthesize (b5) superscript
From:       John Helly <hellyj () ucsd ! edu>
Date:       2024-03-20 5:47:25
Message-ID: f32bd9d3-0848-4bb2-8ca4-870959e363b3 () ucsd ! edu
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It certainly does. Mahalo nui.
J.

On 3/19/24 19:26, Aaron Hill wrote:
> On 2024-03-19 10:13 pm, John Helly wrote:
>> Aloha.
>>
>> I'm trying to improve a score that my colleagues find confusing since 
>> they mis-interpret A(b5) as Ab5; that is, when cis1:5- is transposed 
>> to A(b5).
>>
>> The transpose (cis to a) is not applied in the example below and that 
>> may further complicate things as I'm not sure whether parentheses 
>> could/should be added before the transpose or after. So, this may 
>> actually be two problems.
>>
>> So I'm seeking a way to put parentheses around the (b5) superscript.  
>> I found this related snippet in the docs but can't seem to apply it 
>> usefully to this situation.
>>
>> Suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
>
> Does this help?
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.22.0"
>
> % Exception music is chords with markups.
> % Specifically, chords rooted on C.
> chExceptionMusic = {
>   <c e ges>1-\markup \super { ( \flat 5 ) }
> }
>
> % Convert music to list and prepend to existing exceptions.
> chExceptions = #(append
>   (sequential-music-to-chord-exceptions chExceptionMusic #t)
>   ignatzekExceptions)
>
> theMusic = \chordmode {
>   \set chordNameExceptions = #chExceptions
>   cis1:5-
>   des1:5-
> }
>
> \layout {
>   ragged-right = ##t
> }
>
> \new ChordNames { \theMusic }
> %%%%
>
>
> -- Aaron Hill

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