Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

[Richard Shann]

On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 19:17 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
> Richard Shann <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > I have been developing LilyPond code to enable the generation of "Chord
> > Charts" such as the one attached here.
> 
> You may wish to take a look at the playtab program.
> 
> http://johan.vromans.org/software/sw_playtab.html
> 

Thanks for this - I see that the alignment of bars down the page is
achieved. I have seen Open Office used to get this sort of look, but
with more control (*) over the size and shape of the symbols (important
for displaying on tiny - smartphone - screens).

What LilyPond (& Denemo) can bring to the party is transposition,
playback, adding (non-printing) drum tracks, using the same music for a
lead sheet and a wealth of other stuff - dynamics, repeat bars etc.

But it does seem that this alignment of bars down the page is quite
important for those who play from these chord charts, so I would like to
hear if this is a lost cause, or something that could be hacked in
LilyPond's scheme.

Richard

(*) well, more control only for those familiar with Open Office...