Re: Move chord name down onto staff?

[Aaron Hill]

On 2021-07-10 6:06 pm, Mark Probert wrote:

I'm not sure how to move the chord names down so they are centered on
the staff. Essentially I want the changes on an empty stave but I'm
unclear on how to do that.
[...]

Here's one way to do this:

%%%%
\version "2.20"

harmony =  \chordmode { a1:m s1 f1:m7 s1 }
tune = { s1 s1 s1 s1 }

chordsOnStaff = \with {
  % Force the baselines to match.
  \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing =
  #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 0)
     (padding . -inf.0) (stretchability . 0))
  % Adjust to one staff space lower.
  \override ChordName.extra-offset = #'(0 . -1)
}

\score {
  <<
    \new ChordNames \with \chordsOnStaff \harmony
    \new Staff      \tune
  >>
}
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill