Grammostola> I think the best thing to try is Lilypond (maybe with Grammostola> help of the editor Frescobaldi.org or Jedit with Grammostola> Lilypondtool) I agree, although my own knowledge of chords comes mostly out of fakebooks, and I find some of the lilypond chord stuff to be a bit mystifying. But I'm pretty sure that if you do enough work and ask enough questions on the mailing list, you will be able to do most of what you want. I think the defaults are from some kind of Jazz charts, and aren't exactly what the fakebooks I've played from use. -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@laymusic.org http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 It can't be any new note. When you look at the keyboard, all the notes are there already. But if you mean a note enough, it will sound different. You got to pick the notes you really mean! Thelonius Monk, on being asked how he got a special sound out of the piano

Grammostola> Take a look here, and ask the lilypond mailinglist Grammostola> further, they can help you. I think that's what I said. For me, chords aren't something I do much, so as long as I can get output my keyboard player(s) can read, I don't particularly care whether it's exactly the format someone expects. But it sounded like the OP probably wanted what he wanted, and I wanted to warn him that it was going to take some work. -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@laymusic.org http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 watch-springs, which are worth hundreds of thousands. Put to good use the pound that God has given you. Robert Schumann, Preface to 'Album für die Jugend'