Re: Difficulty printing chords

[Mats Bengtsson]

Note that the concept of Staff in LilyPond perhaps differs from what you 
have in mind.
You are not the first to consider a "staff" to contain not only the 
music but also the lyrics
and the accompanying chords. However, in LilyPond terminology, the 
"Staff" context
contains only the 5 lines, the notes and rests, and the decoration 
around it like slurs, articulations
and such, but the lyrics and chords are separate contexts that should 
not be included in the Staff.
Therefore, I don't really agree with Reinhold's answer since also the 
Lyrics should be outside
the Staff:

\score {
 <<
   \echords
   \new Staff {
     \new Voice = "zemusic" { \emusic }
   }
   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "zemusic" { a bunch of lyrics }
 >>
}


  /Mats

Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:
> Am Freitag, 18. April 2008 schrieb Aaron Morse:
>   
> > \score {
> >
> > \new Staff
> >  [the two lesser-than symbols here, it isn't letting me post them]
> >       \echords
> >       \new Voice = "zemusic" { \emusic }
> >
> >        \new Lyrics \lyricsto "zemusic" { a bunch of lyrics }
> > [the two greater-than symbols here, again, won't let me post them]
> > }
> >
> > The problem is that when I run the file, the chords end up being printed
> > below the music, instead of above it (between the staff and the lyrics).
> > I'm not sure why -- but is there a way I can get them printed above (as is
> > traditional)?
> >     
>
> Staves, chord voices, lyrics, etc. are printed in the order in which they are 
> generated. In your case, first the staff is created and after that the chords 
> and then the lyrics => They'll appear in this order in the PDF.
>
> To print the chords before the staff, simply generate the ChordNames context 
> before the Staff:
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     \echords
>     \new Staff
>     <<
>       \new Voice = "zemusic" { \emusic }
>       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "zemusic" { a bunch of lyrics }
>     >>
>   >>
> }
>
>
> Cheers,
> Reinhold
>
>
>   

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