Hello, On 28 February 2012 12:11, John Hartnup <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. I'm new to LilyPond, but I'm familiar with the TeX-like compilation > model. > > I'm looking for a way to produce chord sheets of the kind used by several of > the communities I play with. These are very much akin to a lead sheet -- > with bar lines, time signatures, chord names above, repeat marks, etc. -- > but there are no stave lines or notes. > > For a hand-drawn example, and an ASCII-art one, see this question on Stack > Exchange: > http://music.stackexchange.com/questions/5551/lead-sheets-fake-sheets-without-score > > I'm looking for a way to produce these which: > - Is fast and convenient to write > - Produces an attractive and readable end-product > - Is easy to distribute by email etc.
> > I've found a way of doing this in LilyPond by making the notes and stave > invisible -- but lyrics are tied to notes, to even though I'm not displaying > notes, I have to write them -- breaking the "fast and convenient to write" > requirement. > > - Is LilyPond the right program to tackle this, or would something else be > better (some LaTeX package?) > - If LilyPond, can I produce lyrics without corresponding notes? http://www.vromans.org/johan/projects/Chordii/ ? -- -- James _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
