Hi Stefano,
Yes I completely overlooked that.
Well I do have a solution, but it’s cumbersome, so I’m not sure whether there’s
a much easier solution to this. My solution involves TextSpanners. Best, check
the Notation Manual for more details about them, but her’s my solution:\.
Basically I add a new voice to the staff with the slashes which contains only
spacers on which I attach TextSpanners. The spanners needed some minor tweaking
to look like your example.
As I said, there might be a much easier solution.
Best,
Robert
\new Score <<
\new ChordNames \chordmode{
f1 * 4 : 7
\break
bes1 * 2 : 7
f1 * 2 : 7
\break
c1 : 7
bes1 : 7
f1 * 2 : 7
}
\new Staff <<
{
\comp #48
}
\new Voice {
\override TextSpanner.font-name = #"serif"
\override TextSpanner.Y-offset = #-5
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.stencil-align-dir-y = #-1
\override TextSpanner.dash-fraction = #1
\override TextSpanner.dash-period = #1
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = #"I7"
\textSpannerDown
s4 * 15 \startTextSpan
s4 \stopTextSpan
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = #"IV7"
s4 * 7 \startTextSpan
s4 \stopTextSpan
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = #"I7"
s4 * 7 \startTextSpan
s4 \stopTextSpan
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = #"V7"
s4 * 3 \startTextSpan
s4 \stopTextSpan
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = #"IV7"
s4 * 3 \startTextSpan
s4 \stopTextSpan
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = #"I7"
s4 * 7 \startTextSpan
s4 \stopTextSpan
}
>>
>>
> On 24. Mar 2021, at 15:18, stefano franchi <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Robert for another solution---the slash marks look even better in your
> rendition.
>
> Any suggestions on how to achieve my second goal, the multi-bar lines with
> the initial text?
>
> In the example I posted it was the scale degree indication and chord type(I7,
> IV7, etc,), but the text could be different, of course.
> Am I correct that I should be looking into "Text spanners" to achieve that
> effect? I find lilypond a great and super versatil tool to work with, but
> learning the proper terms to properly interact with the documentation and the
> archives is quite a challenge.
>
> Cheers,
>
> S.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 3:07 AM Robert Schmaus <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
>
> I write a lot of jazz lead sheets with LilyPond. For what you’re looking for,
> I have a little music function I use:
>
> comp = #(define-music-function (parser location count) ( integer?)
> #{
> \override Rest #'stencil =
> #ly:percent-repeat-item-interface::beat-slash
> \override Rest #'thickness = #0.48
> \override Rest #'slope = #1.7
> \repeat unfold $count { r4 }
> \revert Rest #'stencil
> #}
> )
>
> It’s used like this:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> \version "2.20.0"
> \include "lilyjazz.ily"
>
> comp = #(define-music-function (parser location count) ( integer?)
> #{
> \override Rest #'stencil =
> #ly:percent-repeat-item-interface::beat-slash
> \override Rest #'thickness = #0.48
> \override Rest #'slope = #1.7
> \repeat unfold $count { r4 }
> \revert Rest #'stencil
> #}
> )
>
> \new Score <<
> \new ChordNames \chordmode{
>
> f1 * 4 : 7
> \break
>
> bes1 * 2 : 7
> f1 * 2 : 7
> \break
>
> c1 : 7
> bes1 : 7
> f1 * 2 : 7
> }
>
> \new Staff { \comp #48 }
> >>
> \layout {
> indent = 0
> }
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> In case you use the \RemoveEmptyStaves option, you need to be aware that the
> comp function uses the rest symbol and temporarily changes its stencil. So if
> you had staves with only slashes on it, they would disappear.
>
> As a side note: when I write sheets like this I also often use this approach
> (which I find more readable and yet saves a lot of vertical space … and the
> slashes are implied with the time signature anyway):
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> \include "lilyjazz.ily"
>
> \new Score <<
>
> \new Staff \with{
> \accepts ChordNames
> \override ChordName.Y-offset = #-2
> \consists Percent_repeat_engraver
> \consists Double_percent_repeat_engraver
> }
> {
>
> \new ChordNames
> \chordmode{
>
> \repeat percent 4 { f1 : 7 }
> \break
>
> \repeat percent 2 { bes1 : 7 }
> \repeat percent 2 { f1 : 7 }
> \break
>
> c1 : 7
> bes1 : 7
> \repeat percent 2 { f1 : 7 }
> }
> }
>
> >>
> \layout {
> indent = 0
> }
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> Best,
> Robert
>
> PS: the size of the chord root vs the size of the modifiers need to be
> adjusted … out of the box it doesn’t look very good yet.
>
> <PastedGraphic-1.png>
>
>
>> On 24. Mar 2021, at 05:09, stefano franchi <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to produce a jazz-style leadsheet for the solo section of a song
>> to improvise over. The section will have no melody (obviously, but I need
>> to indicate the chords, the beat signs, and will include some text below the
>> bars indicating either the scale degree or the scale to use for the
>> improvisation. This is the (pretty common) format I have in mind, using a
>> standard blues as an example:
>> <image.png>
>> I know how to enter chords (and how to use a jazzy font), but I can't find
>> out how to enter the beat marks, not the text underneath that spans several
>> bars (my chords also appear under the staff rather than above it, but that's
>> a minor issue). Here is my approach:
>>
>> \version "2.22.0"
>> \language "english"
>> \include "lilyjazz.ily"
>>
>> global = { \time 4/4 \key f \major \tempo 4=100}
>> chordNames = \chordmode {f1:7 f:7 f:7 f:7}
>> \score {
>> {\global
>> \new ChordNames {\chordNames
>> }}}
>>
>> I tried searching the mailing list and the documentation site, to no avail.
>> I may be missing the right search terms, though.
>>
>> Help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
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