Re: Chords above staff

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Walt,

> Below is a sample of an issue I am having with chords, Voice, and Lyrics.  I 
> want the chords to be above the voice line.  But in this case it printing 
> between the voice line and the lyrics.  But if I comment out the  "intro" 
> section then the chords print as expected. I am intentionally leaving chords 
> out of the intro section - I want them to come in when the voice starts..

I believe there are perhaps better ways to structure your score code… Below is 
one possibility.

Notes:

1. I’ve broken out the global information (measure structure, section labels, 
etc.), notes, lyrics, and chords into their own variables.

2. There’s no need (or, in such a simple song, benefit) to break up the Intro 
and Verse One content; therefore, it’s contiguous in each variable.

3. I’ve put the breaks into a separate variable which I include in a Devnull 
context. [n.b. I almost always use OpenLilyLib’s EditionEngraver to inject line 
and page breaks, but it would be overkill for a simple song like this.]

4. It all gets combined (using <<>>) into a single score at the end.

I think this gives you the result you want, and is probably much easier to 
modify and maintain as you go forward.

If you haven’t already, I suggest [re-]reading the Learning and Notation 
manuals — they’re very good (IMO) at getting you started on the right foot.

Hope this helps!
Kieren.

%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.24.2"

global = {
  %%  Intro
    \section \sectionLabel \markup { \box \bold \fontsize #-1   "Intro" }
    \partial 2 s2
    s1
  %%  Verse One
    \section \sectionLabel \markup { \box \bold \fontsize #-1   "Verse One" }
    \partial 2 s2
    s1
}

theNotes = \relative c' {
  %%  Intro
    \partial 2 e4 g    |
    a2. c4    |
  %%  Verse One
    \partial 2 e,4 g    |
    a2. c4    |
}

theLyrics = \lyricmode {
  %%  Intro
    \repeat unfold 4 { \skip 8 }
  %%  Verse One
    Far o -- ver the
}

chrds = \chordmode {
  %%  Intro
    \partial 2 s2    |
    s1
  %%  Verse One
    \partial 2 r2    |
    a1:m    |
}

breaks = {
  %%  Intro
    \partial 2 s2
    s1
  %%  Verse One
    \break
}

\score {
  <<
  \new Devnull \breaks
  \new ChordNames \chrds
  \new Staff \new Voice = "One" << \global \theNotes >>
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "One" \theLyrics
  >>
}
%%%  SNIPPET ENDS

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