Re: Markup text to the left of first chord on ChordNames staff

[Mats Bengtsson]

The manual includes a direct example of how to change the minimum
vertical spacing allocated to a Staff. To specify a fixed vertical
space for the Staff, just use the same syntax but with the property 
called Y-extent instead of minumum-Y-extent. Here is a full example, 
which shows both advantages and disadvantages of doing what you ask
for.

\version "2.8.0"

<<\new ChordNames \chordmode { c4:7 c4:7 c4:7 c4:7 }
\new Staff  {
 \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup #'Y-extent = #'(-4 . 4)
 c'^"Some text" c''^"Some more text" c''' c'''' }
> >

  /Mats



Quoting Jennifer Clark <address@hidden>:

> Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> > In contrast to the previous people who answered the questions, I 
> > would say that you cannot directly apply the same idea to move
> > a whole line of chords. See 
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-03/msg00411.html
> > for a hint on how to solve the problem.
>
> Thanks for the reply Mats, I've checked the post and followups, and 
> had a look at the manual page and reference, but to be honest I don't 
> really understand how to approach this, even with that information. 
> Is there a specific command I can use to enable this?
>
> Jennifer
>
>
>
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