Jeffrey: Attached is my first attempt at a jazz chart using Lilypond. For the most part, it looks OK. Problems encountered: (i) I would like to put the chords (entered as \lyric) above the staff, but I can't seem to be able to do that. (ii) When I uncomment either or both of the \type Lyric statements for the second and third verses, I generate an abnormal exit and core dump. (iii) It seems that Lilypond has trouble determining how much text is associated with a given measure, so she sometime writes lyrics past the margin. Any fixes for this? I've got the beginnings of a little program which translates chord changes from one key into another (it's in Fortran and probably of little interest to you object-oriented folks); so I am pleased with the potential usefulness of this tool. It would be nice if I could add lyrics as well, but that may be asking too much at this point. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas F. Rutherford Phone (303) 492-5169 Department of Economics Fax (303) 492-8960 University of Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boulder, CO 80309-0256\header{ filename = "bc.ly"; title = "Black Coffee"; description = "Jazz Standard"; composer = "Webster/Burke"; enteredby = "Tom Rutherford"; copyright = "?"; } changes = \lyric { _ 4 | "F 7" 2 "F$\sharp$ 7" | "F 7" 2 "F$\sharp$ 7" | "F 7" 2 "F$\sharp$ 7" | "F 7" 2 "C 7" 4 "B 7" | "B $\flat$ 7" 1 | _ 1 | "F 7" 2 "F$\sharp$ 7" | "F 7" 2 "D 7 ($\sharp$4)" | "G - 7" 1 | "G - 7" 2 "C 7" | "F 7" 2 "F$\sharp$ 7" | "F - 7" 1 | "B $\flat$ - 7" 1 | "F - 7" 1 | "B $\flat$ - 7" 2 "C 7 ($\flat$9 $\flat 5$)" | "A - 7" 2 "D - 7" | "A $\flat$ - 7" 2 "D $\flat$ 7" | "G $\flat$ Maj 7" 1 | "A $\flat$ - 7" 2 "D $\flat$ 7" | "G - 7" 2 "C 7" } first = \lyric { "I'm" 4 | "feelin mighty lonesome and" 1 | "I haven't slept a wink I" 1 | "walk the floor and watch the door" 1 | "in between I drink Black" 1 | "Coffee" 1 | "Love's a handme down" 1 | "Brew" 1 | _ 2.. "I'll" 8 | "never know a Sunday" 1 | "in this weekend" 1 | "rue" 1 | _ 2.. "I'm" 8 } second = \lyric { _ 4 | "talkin to the shadows from" 1 | "one o'clock to four and" 1 | "Lord, how slow the moments go " 1 | "when all I do is pour Black" 1 | "Coffee" 1 | "Since the blues caught in my" 1 | "eye" 1 | "I'm" 1 | "hanging out on Monday" 1 | "My Sunday dreams to" 1 | "dry" 1 | "Now," 1 | "a man is born to go a" 1 | "lovin, and a" 1 | "woman is born to weep and" 1 | "fret, to" 1 | "stay at home and tend her" 1 | "oven and" 1 | "drown her past regrets in cof-" 1 | "fee and cigarettes I'm" 1 } third = \lyric { _ 4 | "moonin all the morning" 1 | "Mourning all the night; and" 1 | "in between it's nicotine, and" 1 | "not much hard to fight Black" 1 | "Coffee" 1 | "Feeling low as the " 1 | "ground" 1 | "It's" 1 | "driving me crazy, this" 1 | "waiting for my baby to maybe" 1 | "come around" 1 } melody = \melodic \relative c' { \partial 4; c 4 \bar "|:"; [f 8 f f c] ees 4. c 8 | [f 8 f f c] ees 4. c 8 | [f 8 f f c] [ees 8 ees ees c] | [f 8 f f c] ees 4 f | aes 8 d, 4.( )d 2 | \[2/3 r 4 c' bes \]1/1 \[2/3 aes 4 f d \]1/1 | c 1 ( | ) c 2. r8 c 8 | [g' 8 a bes c] a 8 f 4. | r 4 [d 8 aes'] g 4 [f 8 f(] | ) f 1 ( | ) f 2.-"Fine" r 8 c 8 \bar ":|"; | [bes' c bes aes] bes 4. c 8 | a 4 f 2 r 8 f 8 | [bes 8 c bes c] des 4 ees 4 | c 2 ( ) c 4. c 8 | [des 8 des des des] des 4 ees | des 8 des 4.( ) des 4. bes 8 | [des 8 des des des] des, 4. des' 8 | [c 8 c c c] c, 4.-"D.C. al Fine" c 8 \bar "||"; } \score{ \melodic { \time 4/4; \key f ; < \type Lyrics {\changes} \type Staff {\melody } \type Lyrics {\first} % \type Lyrics {\second} % \type Lyrics {\third} > } \paper{} }
