Issue 185 Squishing chords

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / notation / rhythms.itely

diff --git a/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely b/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
index cc282e1e167117d283cfd720c419376b88bce2f0..8dc6252ecaf2f7f18bba4cc3cc6e209760e5b612 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ used when note values cross larger subdivisions of the measure:
 
 @lilypond[verbatim,quote]
 \relative {
-  r8 c'~ 2 r4 |
+  r8 c'4.~ 4 r4 |
   r8^"not" c2~ 8 r4
 }
 @end lilypond
@@ -1929,6 +1929,22 @@ be done with the @code{Pitch_squash_engraver} and
 >>
 @end lilypond
 
+Music containing chords can also be used as input to @code{RhythmicStaff}
+and for use with the @code{Pitch_squash_engraver} if the chords are first
+reduced to single notes with the @code{\reduceChords} music function:
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\new RhythmicStaff {
+  \time 4/4
+  \reduceChords {
+    <c>2
+    <e>2
+    <c e g>2
+    <c e g>4
+    <c e g>4
+  }
+}
+@end lilypond
 
 @predefined
 @code{\improvisationOn},
@@ -2758,7 +2774,7 @@ However, as such ticks are typically used in Gregorian chant, it is
 preferable to use @code{\divisioMinima} there instead, described in
 the section @ref{Divisiones} in Gregorian chant.
 
-Lilypond supports kievan notation and provides a special kievan
+LilyPond supports kievan notation and provides a special kievan
 bar line:
 @lilypond[quote,fragment,verbatim]
 f'1 \bar "k"