Re: Changing half-diminished symbol size

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On Fri, 26 May 2023 at 03:16, <juergen.gruen@xyz.de> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to change the size of the half-diminished chord symbol, but I
> > cannot find a way to do it.
> >
> > \version "2.25.5"
> > \chords {
> > \set majorSevenSymbol = \markup { \override #'(thickness . 2)
> > \triangle ##f "7" }
> > c4:maj7 a:min7.5-
> > }
> >
> > I'm aware there's not a halfDimishedSymbol, but I cannot find a way to
> > reconstruct the half-diminished symbol as a markup (similarly as the
> > \triangle in the example above). Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
> >
>
>
> Hello,
> have a look at "Customizing chord names" in the NR and  
> "chord-modifiers-init.ly".
>
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.24.0"
>
> chNameException = {
>   <c es ges bes>-\markup {
>     \super
>     \fontsize #2
>     %% f8 is o with slash
>     #(ly:wide-char->utf-8 #x00f8)
>   }
> }
>
>
> setHalfDiminished =
> \set chordNameExceptions =
> #(append (sequential-music-to-chord-exceptions chNameException #t) 
> ignatzekExceptions)
>
> \chords {
>   a:min7.5-
>   \setHalfDiminished
>   a:min7.5-
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>
> HTH, Juergen.
>

Thank you, I erroneously thought that ø was a separate symbol, and not
simply the Danish & Norwegian character 'ø'.
Cheers,
Lib