Re: chords and lyrics, no melody

[Mats Bengtsson]

Here's one example of a solution, which contains one score with
and one without the melody. Note that when you explicitly specify
the duration of each lyrics syllable, then for melismas it should
be the total duration of the melisma (which also specifies the
duration of the -- ).
As far as I know, the associatedVoice property only works when you
actually have a Voice context in your score, so there's no use to
set it in the second score. Also, note that the value should be the
name of the Voice context, nothing else.

   /Mats

\version "2.4.0"

harmonies = \chordmode {
  \partial 2
  \times 2/3 { a4 a:2sus a } |
  d8./a a16~ a2.
}

melody = \relative c' {
  \clef treble
  \key a \major
  \partial 2
  \times 2/3 { cis4( d) e } |
  fis8.( e16) e2 r4
}

text = \lyricmode {
  \partial 2
  Al2*2/3 -- le4*2/3 -- | lu4 -- ia2
}

\score {
  <<
  \new ChordNames {
    \set chordChanges = ##t
    \harmonies
    }
  \context Voice = "one" { \melody }
  \new Lyrics {\set associatedVoice = #"one" \text }
  >>
  \layout { }
}

\score {
  <<
  \new ChordNames {
    \set chordChanges = ##t
    \harmonies
    }
  \new Lyrics \text
  >>
  \layout { }
}


James Classen wrote:
> I'm sure this is possible, and that I just haven't
> figured it out yet.  I would like to be able to have
> two output formats, one with the staff and one
> without.  Some guitar players find the notes
> distracting, and only want to see the chords and words
> to a song (for example, my brother).  I've been unable
> to get the chords and words to line up properly
> without the staff, however.  The examples here
> (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/The-Lyrics-context.html)
> gave me an idea, to put durations after the words, but
> the text would not line up properly.
>
> If you'd like to look at the code to my attempts, I
> have attached the files.  The first file, 'test.ly',
> is nearly a copy of the first measure-and-a-half of
> the original.  The next two are attempts to get the
> chords to line up without the notes.  The staff still
> appears, probably because of the 'Voice' context, but
> below it are the chords and words, not lining up as I
> would like them to.  'test2.ly' is the closest I was
> able to come, but it wouldn't let me put a hyphen
> between 'le' and 'lu', nor a duration for the hyphen
> after 'lu'.  Any help on this would be appreciated!
>
> James Classen
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> harmonies = \chordmode {
>   \times 2/3 { a4 a:2sus a } |
>   d8./a a16~ a2.
> }
>
> melody = \relative c' {
>   \clef treble
>   \key a \major
>   \partial 2
>   \times 2/3 { cis4( d) e } |
>   fis8.( e16) e2 r4
> }
>
> text = \lyricmode {
>   Al -- le -- lu -- ia
> }
>
> \score {
>   <<
>   \context ChordNames {
>     \set chordChanges = ##t
>     \harmonies
>     }
>   \context Voice = one { \melody }
>   \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics \text
>   >>
>   \layout { }
> }
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> harmonies = \chordmode {
>   \times 2/3 { a4 a:2sus a } |
>   d8./a a16~ a2.
> }
>
> \context Voice = melody \relative c' {
>   \clef treble
>   \key a \major
>   \partial 2
>   \times 2/3 { cis4( d) e } |
>   fis8.( e16) e2 r4
> }
>
> \score {
>   <<
>   \context ChordNames {
>     \set chordChanges = ##t
>     \harmonies
>     }
>   \new Lyrics \lyricmode {
>     \set associatedVoice = #"melody"
>     Al -- le -- lu -- ia
>   }
>   >>
>   \layout { }
> }
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> harmonies = \chordmode {
>   \times 2/3 { a4 a:2sus a } |
>   d8./a a16~ a2.
> }
>
> \context Voice = melody \relative c' {
>   \clef treble
>   \key a \major
>   \partial 2
>   \times 2/3 { cis4( d) e } |
>   fis8.( e16) e2 r4
> }
>
> \score {
>   <<
>   \context ChordNames {
>     \set chordChanges = ##t
>     \harmonies
>     }
>   \new Lyrics \lyricmode {
>     \set associatedVoice = #"melody"
>     \times 2/3 { Al4 -- le }
>     lu8. -- ia
>   }
>   >>
>   \layout { }
> }
>
>
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