Re: chordmode and markup

[Carl Sorensen]

On 4/6/16 9:12 AM, "Gianmaria Lari" <address@hidden> wrote:

>Sorry to ask something probably trivial but reading manual and making
>tests didn't help me.
>
>This works perfectly:
>\version "2.19.39"
>{
>  a4 _\markup {test}
>}
>
>but this doesn't:
>
>\version "2.19.39"
>{
>  \chordmode {c} \markup {test}
>}
>
>Why? How can I write some text on the chords?

\version "2.19.39"
{
  \chordmode{c_\markup {test}}
}

When you do \chordmode{c}, you have ended the music expression containing
the c, so you can no longer attach a markup to the c chord.  So you just
move the markup inside the \chormode music expression, where it is
attached to the chord.


HTH,

Carl