Re: Lilypond for jazz lead sheet questions

[Mats Bengtsson]

iain duncan wrote:
> Sorry if this has been asked a lot, but looking in the archives didn't
> seem like it was going to help, I did try! =)
>
> I would like to know if Lilypond allows the following for jazz lead
> sheets:
>
> - control over bar spacing, regardless of the note content
>   
Read the sections on "Proportional notation" and "Line breaking" in the 
manual.
> - use of various different jazz chord symbols
>   
You can get whatever layout you wish for a specific chord using the 
techniques
that are briefly outlined at the end of "Printing Chord Names". Look at the
cited examples and search the mailing list archives and the LSR for more
information.
> - control over the spacing of the symbols vertically and horizontally
>   
Read the sections on vertical and horizontal spacing.

  /Mats