Re: Chord Names, and "/"

[Paul Scott]

Jeremy Cowgar wrote:

> Oh, one other thing in regards to chords, when you have a repeat, the
> chord names are ontop of the repeat marks...
>
> +--G7--B7--A7--  +--A7--B7--C7--
> | 1:             | 2:
>
> etc... Is their any way to fix that?
I asked that on February 22 and got from Walter Hofmeister:

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   I searched my files and found something that I had cut and pasted from
an earlier posting by Scott Ainsworth (I don't remember what date it was
posted or any other reference, and I hope he does not mind me posting it
here again.) here it is:

"I finally found a way to get the chord names below the volta bracket.  I
reduced the height of the staff and increased the volta padding so the
volta number would clear the chords.  Thry something like this:

   . . . Lots of stuff omitted
   \context Staff = melody <
       \property Staff . verticalExtent = #'(-4 . 3.5)
       \property Staff . minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-1 . 1)
   . . . Lots more stuff omitted
   \paper {
       \translator {
           \StaffContext
           VoltaBracket \override #'padding       = #3  %pts
       }
   }

Note that 3.5 is the staff height you need to play with.

Good luck!
Scott Ainsworth"

Hope this works for you. And thanks to Scott if he is still out there.
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Paul Scott