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	To make global changes to chord symbols, you can re-define the chord-symbol markup as described in the Notation Reference, then define <code>chordNameExceptions = #chExceptions</code> in a <code>\layout</code> block.		To make global changes to chord symbols, you can re-define the chord-symbol markup as described in the Notation Reference, then define <code>chordNameExceptions = #chExceptions</code> in a <code>\layout</code> block.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=517		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=517

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:43:13Z

Import snippet from LSR

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To make global changes to chord symbols, you can re-define the chord-symbol markup as described in the Notation Reference, then define <code>chordNameExceptions = #chExceptions</code> in a <code>\layout</code> block.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=517

% modify various chord-symbols
% chExceptionMusic is chords with markups
chExceptionMusic = {
% make maj7 triangle smaller
<c e g b >1-\markup { \fontsize #-2.5 { \triangle ##f } }
% change maj11 to maj9add4
<c e g b d' f'>1-\markup { \fontsize #-2.5 { \triangle ##f } \raise #0.6 \small "9" \raise #0.6 \teeny "add4" }
}

% Convert music to list and prepend to existing exceptions.
chExceptions = #( append
( sequential-music-to-chord-exceptions chExceptionMusic #t)
ignatzekExceptions
)

% this definition in your \layout block makes the chord markup changes effective globally
\layout {
\context {
\ChordNames
chordNameExceptions = #chExceptions
}
}

% everything above here could be in a separate house-style file,
% and then \include that file with the score file:

\score {
\chords {
c1:maj7
c:maj11
}
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Chords]]
[[Category:Syntax and expressions]]
[[Category:Paper and layout]]
[[Category:Contexts and engravers]]
[[Category:Template]]
[[Category:Stylesheet]]