Re: beginner problems

[Robert T Wyatt]

Graham,

Thanks! I tried this and it works also! (More than one way to do it!)

--Robert

Graham Percival wrote:
> 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