Re: Chord names display offset when following pickup/anacrusis bar

[Joe]

There is a non printing rest that gets rid of the NC and puts the chords in the right place

Joe

On 2 Dec 2024 20:26, wak...@tilde.team wrote:

I'm not sure if this is an issue exactly but maybe something that could be tweaked for better UX.

When using a chord staff to insert chord names above a staff with an initial pickup bar, if I write a chord in the second
bar, it will display over the first pickup bar, instead of the second bar as it should.

One way around this is to write a rest in the pickup bar, then a N.C. (no chord) will display over the pickup bar, and the
second bar chord displays in the correct position.

Typically though you don't want that N.C. printed, but you can hide it by inserting lilypond in the pickup bar before the rest
(\set noChordSymbol = "").

It seems like if you write a chord in the second bar, it should display over the second bar. I think I understand that
Lilypond is formatting it as it does because of the duration values in the bars, but maybe with a pickup bar this is a special
case? Or maybe there's an easier way to make this work?


thanks, George