RE: Change Chord Name Font Size

[Mats Bengtsson]

See the section on Vertical spacing, which describes how to change
the vertical space around each context, such as a Staff or ChordName
context.

  /Mats

Quoting Kamal <address@hidden>:

> Thank you Mats.
> \override ChordName #'font-size = #6
> Worked fine.
>
> I also found its reference in the "lilypond program-reference" under the
> ChorName object.
>
> I now have a problem of the padding/space between the Chord names & staves
> which is the space seperating the Chord names & the staves above & below
> them.
> I tried
> \override ChordName #'padding = #-1
> &
> \override ChordName #'bound-padding = #-1
>
>
> But both didn't work.
>
> Thank you.
>
> But a question arises which is:
> Since there
> On Friday, March 17, 2006 8:56 PM, Mats Bengtsson
> <mailto:address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Please read again what I wrote!
> > To be more specific, create a file test.ly containing the following
> > lines:
> >
> > \version "2.0.0"
> > \context ChordNames {
> >         \property ChordNames.chordChanges = ##t
> >         \property ChordNames . ChordName \override
> > #'font-relative-size = #+3
> >
> >
> > Next, run the following command (from your current LilyPond
> > installation):
> > convert-ly -e test.ly
> >
> > Then, look into the file, which has been updated to the syntax of
> > your current LilyPond version. For example, when I do it for version
> > 2.7.36, I get
> >
> > \context ChordNames {
> >   \set chordChanges = ##t
> >   \override ChordName   #'font-size = #6
> > }
> >
> >
> >    /Mats
> >
> >
> > Quoting Kamal <address@hidden>:
> >
> > > As Mats said, I tried the \property lines, but it gave error in
> > > lilypond 2.6.
> > >
> > > Isn't there an easier way to find what how to change the chord font
> > > size than to get an old version of lilypond, & then convert to to 2.6
> > > especially that I'm working on Windows & I didn't find an already
> > > compiled binary of lilypond 2.0 or less for Windows?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:34 PM, Mats Bengtsson <> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Whenever you find an answer in an old email, find out what LilyPond
> > > > version it was written for. Then, make a temporary .ly file
> > > > containing \version "2.0.0" % or whatever version the answer applied
> > > > to and the lines of code. Then, run convert-ly -e temp.ly and see
> > > > what the code should look like with your current version of
> > > > LilyPond. The property font-relative-size changed name around
> > > > version 2.1.1.
> > > >
> > > >    /Mats
> > > >
> > > > Thibaut Chevalier wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > There are old threads dealing with this.
> > > > > I read that the simple \set fontSize is said not to be working,
> > > > > but in this post :
> > > > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2004-11/msg00117.htm
> > > > > l The following solution is suggested :
> > > > >
> > > > > \context ChordNames {
> > > > >
> > > > >        \property ChordNames.chordChanges = ##t
> > > > >        \property ChordNames . ChordName \override
> > > > > #'font-relative-size = #+3
> > > > >
> > > > > Though I didn't manage to make it work. Moreover he says it does
> > > > > not work on the alterations...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Kamal wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > How do you change the default font size of chord names?
> > > > > > I have tried the following but it didn't work:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \chords {
> > > > > > \set fontSize = #-2
> > > > > > e2.:m e:m e:m b:7 b:7
> > > > > > b:7 b:7 e:m g d
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > \version "2.6.5
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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