Gabriel Ellsworth <[email protected]> writes:
But …
You could prepare your new snippet, and ask on the -user
list to see if there's a consensus that your snippet should
replace the existing snippet.
… as Carl suggests here, getting input from this user list
before adding a snippet to the Wiki is often a good idea. I have
done so myself.
In case this is helpful inspiration … here is an example of a
Wiki page that intentionally shows multiple ways of doing the
same basic thing all within a single page/snippet: Typesetting
IPA transcriptions for lyrics - LilyPond wiki.
Thanks! I think in my case the snippet that's already there
shouldn't be replaced, but kept. Mine was better for my purpose
today, but I wouldn't claim it was objectively better, or better
for everyone.
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[https://wiki.lilypond.community/wiki/Chord_names_and_lyrics_without_a_staff]
shows how to use <code>\Devnull</code> to eliminate the melody
from a lead sheet, to print only the chord symbols and the lyrics.
In some cases, <code>\Devnull</code> gives unwanted or unexpected
results, particularly with tied notes. This second approach to
showing chord names and lyrics without a staff, thanks to
[https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2024-09/msg00206.html
Saul Tobin's post on lilypond-user], is very similar to the
existing solution, but avoids the use of <code>\Devnull</code> by
modifying the <code>\Score</code> and <code>\Staff</code> to
accept a <code>NullVoice</code> directly. It also eliminates the
need for modifications to
<code>VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity</code> and
<code>LyricText.self-alignment-X</code>. In this approach, the
horizontal spacing of the lyrics and their alignment with the
chord names is much closer to the way they would be with the real
melody, including Lilypond's usual way of matching lyrics to tied
notes and melismas. (A grossly exaggerated set of tied notes in
the third bar shows the effect.) This makes it practical to reuse
(without modifications) the lyrics from a lead sheet with melody
when producing a "chord names and lyrics only" version. The
resulting "musically literal" lyric spacing could be a
disadvantage in some cases.
\version "2.24"
text = \lyricmode { Ho ho, ho ho ho. Hey hey. Ha ha, ha. }
nullMelody = \relative c'' {
e4 e e2
e2 e
r8 e8~ e~ e~ e e~ e~ e
\tuplet 3/2 { d2 c d }
}
harmonies = \chordmode { a1:m | d:m | e:7 | a:m | }
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\accepts NullVoice
}
\context {
\Staff
\accepts NullVoice
}
\context {
\NullVoice
\RemoveAllEmptyStaves
}
}
\score {
<<
\new ChordNames
\harmonies
\new NullVoice = "vocal"
\nullMelody
\new Lyrics
\lyricsto "vocal" \text
>>
\layout { }
}
--
David
