Re: showing alternative chordname

[Michael Hendry]

> On 3 Aug 2015, at 10:16, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> bart deruyter <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I got stuck here in a transcription of a folk tune. I'd like to show a
>> possible alternative for a chord e.g.:
>> C(Gm7). It's written like this in the orignal, but I'm not sure if that's
>> the correct way to describe a possible alternative for a chord, or how to
>> achieve it.
>> 
>> if anyone has an idea...
> 
> \chords { c4 g \once \override ChordName.text = "C(Gm7)" c g }
> 
> Works as of version 2.19.9 (issue 3966) in connection with detecting
> chord changes, but the original implementation is in 2.17.2
> (issue 2813).  Most uses will likely work as expected even then.
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
> _______________________________________________

You could also use 

^\markup “(gm7)”

After the first note in the relevant bar of the melody, which puts this and any 
other alternative chords at a different level above the stave from the original 
chords.

Michael