Thank you for your quick and clear response. I now understand that the time signature and key are aspects of the staff, and that the chords are independent/parallel. This has resolved my issue, and I am now unblocked!
Thanks again, -fred
Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
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:
(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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