Re: Adding chord names to a piano staff format

[Carl Sorensen]

Thermo <Graham.Okely <at> iinet.net.au> writes:

> 
> 
> I have this to build the guitar chords
> guitarChords = \chordmode {d a/fis g:7 g/a  (etc....) }
> 
> Then I have this to build the whole score:
> 
>       \score {
          <<
              \new ChordNames { guitarChords}
>        \new GrandStaff <<
>        \new Staff = upper { \new Voice = "one" \upper   }   % upper is the
> melody line
>        \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \verseWords                   %
> verseWords are the verse words alright=^D
>        \new Staff = lower { \lower }                                % lower
> is the bass line
>        >>

          >>
>        \layout {
>          \context { \GrandStaff \accepts "Lyrics" }
>          \context { \Lyrics \consists "Bar_engraver" }
>        }
>        }
>        \midi { }
>      }
> 


I put the added lines in the code above; you simply need to put a
ChordNames context containing the chords in parallel with the
GrandStaff.

HTH,

Carl