2014-11-17 0:29 GMT+01:00 <[email protected]>: > >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Crighton <[email protected]> writes: > > Peter> Hello all, I’m in the process of creating sheets that only > Peter> contain lyrics and correctly aligned chords. (This belongs to > Peter> other sheets with music in them, otherwise LilyPond probably > Peter> wouldn’t be the ideal choice for this. But I want to do these > Peter> all together in LilyPond.) I have two approaches so far, and > Peter> none of them are ideal … > > > You can use explicit durations on the lyrics and the chords. > > Something like: > > accomp=\chords { > c4 c c c:7 f f c c > } > > words=\lyricmode { > Twinkle2 twinkle little star > } > > \score { > << > \context ChordNames \accomp > \context Lyrics \words > >> > > \layout { > \context { > \ChordNames > chordChanges = ##t > } > } > }
Hi Peter, using \lyricmode gives me very badly aligned lyrics with differing amounts of space between the words. After all I want them to be printed as continuous text, so a markup would be my best choice, I guess. But thanks for the suggestion! -- Peter Crighton | Musician & Music Engraver based in Mainz, Germany http://www.petercrighton.de
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