Re: Vertical positioning of different texts

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le jeudi 27 avril 2023 à 21:39 +0200, Immanuel Asmus a écrit :

Hi all, I am engraving a leadsheet for a song. It includes section labels (verse, chorus etc.), chords, and text annotations (as "clap") – all above the staff. Unfortunately, the position of the different text seems arbitrary. Here is a snippet:

\version "2.24.1"  
   
 chordNames = \chordmode {  
   \set chordChanges = ##t  
   \sectionLabel "Intro"  
   a1:m f g e:m   
     
   \sectionLabel "Strophe 1"  
   a1:m a:m   
 }  
   
 melody = \relative c'' {  
   \sectionLabel "Intro"  
   << {s1*4}  
     \new CueVoice {a2.^"kbd." b8 c f,2. b8 c d2. c4 g1}   
   >> \bar "||"  
   
   \sectionLabel "Strophe 1"  
   \override NoteHead.style = #'cross  
   \repeat percent 2 {r8 c^"klatschen" r c r c r c}  
   \revert NoteHead.style  
 }  
   
 \score {  
   <<  
     \new ChordNames \chordNames  
     \new Staff { \melody }  
   >>  
   \layout { }  
 }  

And the result:

Another one further into the score (the code is identical, just the spacing is different): I’d like the texts to appear as in the "Strophe 1" case: section labels (horizontally aligned) above chords above annotations.

I don't have the time to explain this, and it's not really to be proud of, but try

\layout {
  \override Score.SectionLabel.padding = 2.5
  \override ChordNames.VerticalAxisGroup.X-extent = #'(-inf.0 . +inf.0)
}

Furthermore, it would be great if section labels stood out a little more by choosing a different font, bold or cursive style. Is it possible to change the font for section labels globally?

Sure. For example:

\layout {
  \override Score.SectionLabel.font-name = "DejaVu Serif, Bold Italic"
}

HTH,

Jean

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