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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