Re: Chords above staff

[Valentin Petzel]

Hello Walt,

the reason is that by default contexts will be ordered in order of creation. 
So your intro creates the Staff, and then your first Verse will create first a 
ChordNames and then a Lyrics context.

You can use the alignAboveContext context property to change this default 
ordering:

\version "2.24.2"

chrds = \chordmode {
   a1:m    | }

verseOneNotes = \relative c' {
   \partial 2 e4 g |
   a2. c4 |
}

verseOneLyric = \lyricmode {
   Far o- ver the
}

intro = <<
   \new Voice {
     \section  \sectionLabel \markup { \box \bold \fontsize #-1 "Intro" }
     \verseOneNotes
   }
 >>

verseOne = <<
   \new ChordNames \with { alignAboveContext = "staff" }  { \partial 2 r2 | 
\chrds }
   \new Voice = "One" {
     \section  \sectionLabel \markup { \box \bold \fontsize #-1 "Verse 
One" }
     \verseOneNotes
   }
   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "One" {\verseOneLyric }
 >>

sc = {
   \intro \break
   \verseOne \break
}

\score { \new Staff = "staff" \sc }

Cheers, Valentin

Am Donnerstag, 8. August 2024, 18:00:27 MESZ schrieb Walt North:
> 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..
> 
> Thanks for any insight
> 
> Walt North
> 
> 
> \version "2.24.2"
> 
> chrds = \chordmode {
>    a1:m    | }
> 
> verseOneNotes = \relative c' {
>    \partial 2 e4 g |
>    a2. c4 |
> }
> 
> verseOneLyric = \lyricmode {
>    Far o- ver the
> }
> 
> intro = <<
>    \new Voice {
>      \section  \sectionLabel \markup { \box \bold \fontsize #-1 "Intro" }
>      \verseOneNotes
>    }
> 
> 
> verseOne = <<
>    \new ChordNames { \partial 2 r2 | \chrds }
>    \new Voice = "One" {
>      \section  \sectionLabel \markup { \box \bold \fontsize #-1 "Verse
> One" }
>      \verseOneNotes
>    }
>    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "One" {\verseOneLyric }
> 
> 
> sc = {
>    \intro \break
>    \verseOne \break
> }
> 
> \score { \sc }
> 
> 
> If I comment out the intro as below then the chords show as expected.
> 
> sc = {
> %  \intro \break
>    \verseOne
> }
> 
> \score { \sc }

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