Re: beginner problems

[Graham Percival]

On 4-May-05, at 9:57 PM, Robert T Wyatt wrote:
> I'm using 2.4.5 on MacOS 10.3.9. Why is there a second staff?

You used << and >> , that means "do these things at the same time".  In
particular, "f major" and "\relative {a bunch of note}".
Note that the staff with your notes is in C major.

I'm a bit surprised that you don't have four staffs, but I guess that 
\time
and \chords don't create their own staff.  See below for what I think
you want.

>  Why does my bar check on my chords fail?

Notes without any duration are assumed to be a quarter note, so your 
"d:m"
is the same as "d4:m".

<<
\chords { d:m | }
{
  \key f \major \time 4/4
  \relative { d'8. a16~ a8 f16 d16~ d16 d16 f16 a16 d16 c16 b16 a16 | }
}
>>

Cheers,
- Graham