Issue 185 Squishing chords

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

diff --git a/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely b/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
index 9d4a75634699f2515e5936f5fc3b1c0d171c3b05..8dc6252ecaf2f7f18bba4cc3cc6e209760e5b612 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
@@ -1929,6 +1929,22 @@ be done with the @code{Pitch_squash_engraver} and
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 @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},