RE: Change Chord Name Font Size

[Mats Bengtsson]

Please read again what I wrote!
To be more specific, create a file test.ly containing the following
lines:

\version "2.0.0"
\context ChordNames {
       \property ChordNames.chordChanges = ##t
       \property ChordNames . ChordName \override
#'font-relative-size = #+3


Next, run the following command (from your current LilyPond installation):
convert-ly -e test.ly

Then, look into the file, which has been updated to the syntax of your 
current LilyPond version. For example, when I do it for version 2.7.36, 
I get

\context ChordNames {
 \set chordChanges = ##t
 \override ChordName   #'font-size = #6
}


  /Mats


Quoting Kamal <address@hidden>:

> As Mats said, I tried the \property lines, but it gave error in lilypond
> 2.6.
>
> Isn't there an easier way to find what how to change the chord font size
> than to get an old version of lilypond, & then convert to to 2.6 especially
> that I'm working on Windows & I didn't find an already compiled binary of
> lilypond 2.0 or less for Windows?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> On Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:34 PM, Mats Bengtsson <> wrote:
>
> > Whenever you find an answer in an old email, find out what LilyPond
> > version it was written for. Then, make a temporary .ly file containing
> > \version "2.0.0" % or whatever version the answer applied to and the
> > lines of code. Then, run convert-ly -e temp.ly and see what the code
> > should look like with your current version of LilyPond. The property
> > font-relative-size changed name around version 2.1.1.
> >
> >    /Mats
> >
> > Thibaut Chevalier wrote:
> >
> > > There are old threads dealing with this.
> > > I read that the simple \set fontSize is said not to be working, but
> > > in this post :
> > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2004-11/msg00117.html
> > > The following solution is suggested :
> > >
> > > \context ChordNames {
> > >
> > >        \property ChordNames.chordChanges = ##t
> > >        \property ChordNames . ChordName \override
> > > #'font-relative-size = #+3
> > >
> > > Though I didn't manage to make it work. Moreover he says it does not
> > > work on the alterations...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kamal wrote:
> > >
> > > > How do you change the default font size of chord names?
> > > > I have tried the following but it didn't work:
> > > >
> > > > \chords {
> > > > \set fontSize = #-2
> > > > e2.:m e:m e:m b:7 b:7
> > > > b:7 b:7 e:m g d
> > > > }
> > > > \version "2.6.5
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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