Display non-English chord names - Revision history

Lemzwerg: Remove the ‘official’ tag – almost exactly the same code is present in the Notation Reference, being too important to be moved into a snippet.

2026-02-20T08:09:14Z

Remove the ‘official’ tag – almost exactly the same code is present in the Notation Reference, being too important to be moved into a snippet.

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:09, 20 February 2026
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	[[Category:Chords]]		[[Category:Chords]]
	[[Category:Really simple]]		[[Category:Really simple]]
	~~[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]~~
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 06:35, 20 February 2026

2026-02-20T06:35:36Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:35, 20 February 2026
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	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	scm = \chordmode {		scm = \chordmode {
	c1/c \| cis/cis		d1/d \| cis/cis
	b1/b \| bis/bis \| bes/bes		b1/b \| bis/bis \| bes/bes
	}		}

Lemzwerg at 06:20, 20 February 2026

2026-02-20T06:20:51Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:20, 20 February 2026
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	}		}
	\new ChordNames {		\new ChordNames {
	\set instrumentName = #"~~german~~"		\set instrumentName = #"German"
	\germanChords \scm		\germanChords \scm
	}		}
	\new ChordNames {		\new ChordNames {
	\set instrumentName = #"semi-~~german~~"		\set instrumentName = #"semi-German"
	\semiGermanChords \scm		\semiGermanChords \scm
	}		}
	\new ChordNames {		\new ChordNames {
	\set instrumentName = #"~~italian~~"		\set instrumentName = #"Italian"
	\italianChords \scm		\italianChords \scm
	}		}
	\new ChordNames {		\new ChordNames {
	\set instrumentName = #"~~french~~"		\set instrumentName = #"French"
	\frenchChords \scm		\frenchChords \scm
	}		}

Lemzwerg: Lemzwerg moved page Changing the chord names to German or semi-German notation to Display non-English chord names without leaving a redirect

2025-12-28T07:27:02Z

Lemzwerg moved page Changing the chord names to German or semi-German notation to Display non-English chord names without leaving a redirect

← Older revision	Revision as of 07:27, 28 December 2025
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Lemzwerg at 17:28, 15 December 2025

2025-12-15T17:28:06Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:28, 15 December 2025
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	The ~~english~~ naming of chords ~~(default)~~ can be changed to ~~german (<code>\germanChords</code> replaces B and Bes with H and B) or semi-german (<code>\semiGermanChords</code> replaces B and Bes with H and Bb)~~.		The default English naming of chords can be changed to other languages, as demonstrated in this snippet.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
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	}		}

			\layout {
			indent = 3\cm
			ragged-right = ##f

	~~\layout {~~
	~~ragged-right = ##t~~
	\context {		\context {
	\ChordNames		\ChordNames
	\consists "Instrument_name_engraver"		\consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
			}
			\context {
			\Score
			\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-Y = -1.2
			\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
	}		}
	}		}

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:14:36Z

New category

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:14, 21 November 2025
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	[[Category:Chords]]		[[Category:Chords]]
	[[Category:Really simple]]		[[Category:Really simple]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:48, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:48:56Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:48, 21 November 2025
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	[[Category:Chords]]		[[Category:Chords]]
	[[Category:Really simple]]		[[Category:Really simple]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:49:01Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:49, 16 November 2025
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	The english naming of chords (default) can be changed to german (<code>\germanChords</code> replaces B and Bes with H and B) or semi-german (<code>\semiGermanChords</code> replaces B and Bes with H and Bb).		The english naming of chords (default) can be changed to german (<code>\germanChords</code> replaces B and Bes with H and B) or semi-german (<code>\semiGermanChords</code> replaces B and Bes with H and Bb).

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	scm = \chordmode {		scm = \chordmode {
	c1/c \| cis/cis		c1/c \| cis/cis

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:36:30Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

The english naming of chords (default) can be changed to german (<code>\germanChords</code> replaces B and Bes with H and B) or semi-german (<code>\semiGermanChords</code> replaces B and Bes with H and Bb).

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
scm = \chordmode {
c1/c | cis/cis
b1/b | bis/bis | bes/bes
}

\layout {
ragged-right = ##t
\context {
\ChordNames
\consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
}
}

<<
\new ChordNames {
\set instrumentName = #"default"
\scm
}
\new ChordNames {
\set instrumentName = #"german"
\germanChords \scm
}
\new ChordNames {
\set instrumentName = #"semi-german"
\semiGermanChords \scm
}
\new ChordNames {
\set instrumentName = #"italian"
\italianChords \scm
}
\new ChordNames {
\set instrumentName = #"french"
\frenchChords \scm
}
\context Voice { \scm }
>>
</lilypond>

[[Category:Chords]]
[[Category:Really simple]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]