Re: Move chord name down onto staff?

[David Wright]

On Mon 12 Jul 2021 at 16:54:03 (-0700), Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote:
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr>
> > To: Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>, lilypond@hillvisions.com
> > Cc: mark@archsys.net, lilypond-user@gnu.org
> > Bcc:
> > Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:01:32 +0200 (CEST)
> > Subject: Re: Move chord name down onto staff?
> >
> > As a matter of style, I'd do it slightly differently:
> >
> > \version "2.23.4"
> >
> > \layout {
> >   \context {
> >     \Staff
> >     \accepts ChordNames
> >     \override ChordName.Y-offset =
> > #self-alignment-interface::y-aligned-on-self
> >     \override ChordName.self-alignment-Y = #CENTER
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > harmony =  \chordmode { a1:m s1 f1:m7 s1 }
> > tune = { s1 s1 s1 s1 }
> >
> >
> > \new Staff <<
> >   \tune
> >   \new ChordNames \harmony
> > >>
> >
> 
> I'd like to understand if I can use this layout-based approach on a
> per-score basis.
> 
> This example, based on the previous approach, has in-staff chords for the
> first  score, but normal, above-the-staff chords for the second score.
> 
> 
> How would one go about using the layout approach to do that?

NR § 4.2.1 The \layout block
explains how to do this. Either attach the \layout to the \score block
or, more flexible, assign it to a variable, and reference the variable
in the score's \layout. The examples in this section show how to
construct the \layout block thus, and § 4.2.2 example "2." shows how
to attach \layout to \score.

In this manner, you can combine global layout options with
score-specific ones.

Cheers,
David.