Re: combine chords, lyrics and melody - resending now that I've subscribed...

[David Bobroff]

Unless I'm misunderstanding your question I think you probably can do 
what you're talking about.  You may need to experiment a bit to get it 
to behave the way you want.

-David

ayryq wrote:
> Is there any way to simply combine chords, lyrics, and melody sections into a
> single LP "variable?" I am trying to create pop leadsheets and my score
> sections look like this one:
> %------------------------------
> \score { <<
> 		\new ChordNames { \transpose g g { \set chordChanges = ##t 
> 			\override ChordName #'font-series =#'bold
> 			\override ChordName #'font-size = #1   
> 				\chorusharmonies
>                                 \verseharmonies
>                                 \chorusharmonies \postchorusharmonies
>                                 \bridgeharmonies
>                                 \chorusharmonies
>                                 \postchorusharmonies
>                 }}
>
>        \new Voice = "melody" \relative c' { \transpose g g {
>            \clef treble \key g \major \time 4/4
>                         \chorusmelody
>                                 \new Voice = "verse" \repeat volta 2 
> {\versemelody \chorusmelody
> \postchorusmelody}
>                         \bridgemelody
>                         \repeat volta 3 {\mark \markup {\smaller \italic \bold 
> {Chorus (3X)}}
> \chorusmelody}
>                         \postchorusmelody \bar "|."
>                  }}
>        \new Lyrics = "mainlyrics" \lyricsto melody {
>          \chorustext 
> 		 %verseonetext/versetwotext chorustext postchorustext
>                  \bridgetext
>                  \chorustext
>                  \postchorustext}
>        \context Lyrics = "mainlyrics" \lyricsto verse {
>         \verseonetext \chorustext \postchorustext}
>        \new Lyrics = "repeatlyrics" \lyricsto verse {
>         \versetwotext}
>      >>
> %-------------------
> The form is simple, but it is repeated three times for harmony, melody, and
> lyrics. It would be nice to be able to say chorus=<<\chorusharmonies
> \chorusmelody \chorustext >> and then just refer to \chorus in the score
> block. Is this possible?