Re: (Semi)German chords (B <-> H) with normal slash chords?

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 26.04.22 um 12:09 schrieb Boris Lau:
> Dear list,
>
> I'm working on a songbook for german kids. Although I personally don't 
> like them, I want to use German chord names (B and H exchanged). I could 
> use \germanChords or \semiGermanChords to achieve that, but that also 
> changes the behavior of slash chords:
>
> B7 -> H7       <-- this is what I want
> E/G# -> E/gis  <-- this is weird
>
> Maybe some developer thought, that E/gis is how it's done in Germany.
> I think it's rather uncommon and pretty ugly ;-)
>
> But personal tastes aside, is there a way to get the B<->H thing without 
> changing the slash chords?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Best, Boris

Hello Boris,

only a few weeks ago I asked the same (subject: "German chords with 
uppercase bass".

Thomas Morley answered:

> \germanChords uses `chord-name->german-markup' to print the root-name
> (chordRootNamer) of a chord and `note-name->german-markup' to print an
> additional bass-note (chordNoteNamer).
> If you comment the chordNoteNamer there, the chordRootNamer takes over.
>
> germanChords = {
>   \set chordRootNamer = #(chord-name->german-markup #t)
>   %\set chordNoteNamer = #note-name->german-markup
> }
>
> scm = \chordmode {
>    c1/c | cis/cis
>    b1/b | bis/bis | bes/bes
> }
>
> <<
>    \new ChordNames {
>      \germanChords \scm
>    }
>    \context Voice { \scm }
> > >
>
> NB altered bass notes are now printed like the root, i.e. C♯ not Cis.
> Already ok? If not holler.
>
>
> Imho, german chords in LilyPond are not correct and were never: as an
> example, C♯ is never a _german_ naming
>
> Also see my comment:
> https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6305#note_890059707


Hraban