Re: Help with chord dictionaries

[Robin Bannister]

Shamus Hammons wrote:

> This gets closer, but the flat sign is sitting all by itself, as if it
> were a separate word and not part of the chord symbol (like so: "B b
> maj7").

OK, sorry. Instead of \line use \concat:
\concat { "B" \chordFlat "maj7" }


> Also, doesn't address the issue of the chord names floating too
> high above the diagrams.

To reduce the vertical gap inside the columns, override baseline-skip:

As an example, start the chord dictionary with
  subtitle = \markup { \override #'(baseline-skip . 2)
and adjust the value 2 to taste.


Cheers,
Robin