Re: move chords closer to notes

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le mardi 21 février 2023 à 03:55 +0100, mi...@orbelanet.com a écrit :
> Hi everyone,
> when I write the chords together with one or several melodies, the
> chords form a horizontal line, in such a way that if the range of the
> melody is very wide, some chords end up being very far from the
> notes.
> I attach a sample of the .ly file along with its pdf, where you can
> see
> that the first chords are excessively far from the melody. How can
> this
> behavior be changed?
So you want to break the horizontal alignment of chords?
As far as I know, this would be the easiest way:
\version "2.24.0"
global = {
  \key c \major
  \partial 4
  \time 2/4
}
melody = \relative {
  r16 g' g g \bar "||"
    <<
      {
        e' c c c d b b b c8 a r16 d d c c8 b r16 c c b a8 g r16 g fis g \break
        c g fis g b g fis g a8 f r16 g fis g b g fis g a f e f g8 e r16 g g g 
\break
      }
      \\
      {
        g4 gis a16 g f a c4 b, a a16 g c d e4 g fis f r g f e r
      }
    >>
}

harmonies = \chords {
  \set minorChordModifier = \markup { "-" }
  s4
  c e:7 f2 g c s4 b d2:m g4 g:7 c2
}

\score {
  \new Staff 
  <<
    \harmonies
    \new Voice {
      \global
      \melody
    }
  >>
  \layout {
    \context {
      \Staff
      % move ChordNames inside Staff
      \accepts ChordNames
    }
    \context {
      \ChordNames
      % remove the baseline that aligns chord names together
      \remove Axis_group_engraver
      % define placement among other outside-staff objects
      \override ChordName.outside-staff-priority = 500
      % print below staff
      \override ChordName.direction = #DOWN
      % change distance to staff objects
      \override ChordName.outside-staff-padding = 0.5
    }
  }
}


Best,

Jean

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