Re: Mix of Chordnames and Notes

[Robert Schmaus]

Hi Tim,

no, that's not what I've meant - I'm interested in that particular mix 
of having normal notes, followed by a few bars where the notes are 
replaced by chord symbols, which are printed right across the staff lines.

Best,
Robert

Am 8/4/11 8:33 PM, schrieb Tim McNamara:
> If you want them to be positioned like a normal lead sheet, look into 
> \chordname.
>
> Tim
>
>
> On Aug 4, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Robert Schmaus wrote:
>
> > Dear LilyPond fellows,
> >
> > I'm writing a score for Bigband, which means there are arranged parts as well 
> > as improvised sequences. In the improvised sequences, one normally only 
> > provides the chord symbols.
> > What I have found is a \chord{ } command which produces the chord symbols underneath the 
> > staff. (However, that command is missing in the index of the "complete" 
> > LilyPond Syntax manual - does that mean that this command is actually deprecated?)
> >
> > What I'm looking for is a way to have that chord symbol pulled up into the 
> > staff. In particular, in the full score the chord symbol appears not under the 
> > staff where it appears, but under *all* staffs.
> > So, what I really would like is, that, in the following example, the chord 
> > symbols appear in the 1st and the 3rd staff, either centered in the middle or 
> > placed at relative height to where the full bar rest is.
> >
> >
> > \version "2.14.1"
> > <<
> >         \new Staff \relative c'' {
> >                 c c c c
> >                 R1
> >                 \chords { d1:m7 b1:min7.5- }
> >         }       
> >         \new Staff \relative c'' { e1 e e e }
> >         \new Staff \relative c' {
> >                 g4 g g g
> >                 R1
> >                 \chords { d1:m7 b1:min7.5- }
> >         }       
> > > >
> >
> >
> > Anyone know of an easy solution to this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Robert
> >
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