Re: [Lilypond] How to add 12 bars of guitar strumming as Intro

[Michael Hendry]

> On 26 May 2019, at 22:35, John Helly <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Aloha.
> 
> I'm writing a song for guitar and vocal that has the structure below. I would 
> like to add 12 bars of strumming guitar as an Intro but cannot figure out how 
> to add it within the Staff since it doesn't have a melody, only strumming of 
> the chords.
> 
> I've been trying to figure out how to add this as a Voice (\Song.Voice.Intro) 
> but can't seem to find the secret sauce or maybe that's the wrong approach?
> 
> Mahalos.
> J.
> 
> *************************
> <<
> \chords{ \theChords \theChords \theChords  }
> \new Staff {
>   \key a \minor
>   \new Voice = "intro"   { \Song.Voice.Intro  \break }
>   \new Voice = "verse"   { \Song.Voice.Verse  \bar "||" }
>   \new Voice = "chorus"  { \Song.Voice.Chorus \bar "||" }
>   \new Voice = "outro"   { \Song.Voice.Outro  \bar ":|." }
> }
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verse" { \Song.Lyrics.VerseI }
> \new Lyrics
>   <<
>   \lyricsto "verse"  { \Song.Lyrics.VerseII }
>   \lyricsto "chorus" { \Song.Lyrics.Chorus }
>   >>
> \new Lyrics  \lyricsto "verse" { \Song.Lyrics.VerseIII }
> \new Lyrics
>   <<
>   \lyricsto "verse" { \Song.Lyrics.VerseIV }
>   \lyricsto "chorus" { \Song.Lyrics.Chorus }
>   >>
> \new Lyrics  \lyricsto "verse"  { \Song.Lyrics.VerseV }
> \new Lyrics  \lyricsto "outro"  { \Song.Lyrics.Outro }
> >>
> *********************

Have you had a look here?

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/snippets/rhythms

Search for the section marked “Guitar strum rhythms”.

Michael