Re: ChordName placement - above or below staff

[Mats Bengtsson]

If you want a staff above the chords, the basic structure is
<<
 staff stuff
 chord stuff
>>
You have mixed it all together.

The following modified version of your example prints the chord names
below the staff. If you want it above, just move the \chords{...} up above
the initial '{'.
<<
{
 \key aes \major
 \time  4/4
 f'8 aes'8~ \times 2/3 {aes'8 f'8 aes'8} bes'8 aes'4 f'16 des'16
}
\chords {c1 d1}
>>

To make the structure even more clear, I would propose to explicitly
specify what you want:

\score{
<<
\new Staff {
 \key aes \major
 \time  4/4
 f'8 aes'8~ \times 2/3 {aes'8 f'8 aes'8} bes'8 aes'4 f'16 des'16
}
\new ChordNames \chordmode {c1 d1}
>>
}

(note that "\chords" is just a shorthand for "\new ChordNames \chordmode")

  /Mats

Fred Smith wrote:

> I believe I found that this question has already been posted - 
> however, I did not see an answer. Any pointers would greatly be 
> appreciated!
>
> I'm trying to create lead sheets using lilypond.  However, I'm unable 
> to control whether chord names are printed above or below the staff - 
> the position seems to be affected by (in my limited understanding) 
> unrelated changes. The example below was done using lilypond 2.8.5 on 
> a Windows build.
>
> When the key is set (\key aes \major), the chord names appear below 
> the staff. When the key is not set (if you comment that line out), the 
> chord names appear above the staff. Is there a way to explicitly place 
> the chord names in relation to the staff?
>
> Thanks again for any pointers to documentation on how to control this! 
> ( I would really like to always have chord names above the staff - all 
> the documentation and examples I have found show them as appearing 
> above the staff by default.)
>
> -fred
>
>
> %{ ------------ Open the song: ---------------- %}
> {
> \key aes \major
> {\time  4/4}   
>   {   
>   <<    
>       \chords {c1 d1}
>       {f'8 aes'8~ \times 2/3 {aes'8 f'8 aes'8} bes'8 aes'4 f'16 
> des'16}         
>   >>
>   }
> %{ ------------ and finish ------------ %}
> }
>
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