On 2023-08-26 05:17, JacquelineUkulele-Guitar Grant wrote:
Hi All
I am new to this Lilipond user help group, I aplopgize if I am
breaking any rules are guideline.
I have been use Lilypond for a few year, even though I do not fully
understand it.
I am trying to make a Chord Chart that goes over two pages, in what I
call a "ukulele layout". A "ukulele layout" being where the chords
are in line with the lyrics.
I also, in the long run, I am looking to do a other layout of the same
song but in what I call a "guitar layout". A "guitar layout" being
where the chords are above the lyrics.
For both of the layouts I want the option of going over two page,
should I need to.
Here is the code for the "ukulele layout", which fills up one page.,
but if I try and add another verse (just as a test) it goes funny!
Thanks
\version "2.18.2"% necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond versions.
\header{
title = "ODE TO BILLIE JOE - KEY // - VERSION 2"
subtitle = "For melody"
arranger = "HELP NEEDED TO DO A TWO PAGE CHORD CHART"
copyright = "HELP NEEDED TO DO A TWO PAGE CHORD CHART"
tagline = "HELP NEEDED TO DO A TWO PAGE CHORD CHART"
}
\layout {
indent = 0.0
}
melody = \relative c' { \key a \major
|\partial 4.e'8e8[e8]| e4e8 e8r8 e8e8[ e8]| e8[ e8]a8 a8e8 e4 e8 ~ | e1|
}
text = \lyricmode {
\set stanza = #" " It was the third of June a -- no -- ther sleep --
y, dust -- y, Del -- ta Day.
}
\score{ <<
\new Voice = "one" { \melody }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
>>
\layout { }
}
\markup { \column {
\line { \transparent {Verse 2. }}
% Verse One
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 1}
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { It was the \bold [D7]third of \bold [D7/A] June
another \bold [Am7] sleepy, dusty, Delta \bold [D7] day. \bold
[D7/A]\bold [D7]\bold [D7/A]}
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { I was\bold [D7] out chopping cotton, and my
\bold [Am7] brot-her was bailing \bold [D7] hay. \bold [D7/A] \bold
[D7] \bold [D7/A]}
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { And at\bold [G7] din-ner time we stopped and
walked \bold [G7] back to the house to \bold [G7] eat. }
\line\fontsize #-0.5 {And momma\bold [D7] holler-ed out the back door
'y'all re- \bold [D7] -mem-ber to wipe your \bold [D7] feet'. }
\line{ And then she\bold [G7] said I got some news this \bold [G7]
morn-in' from Choctaw \bold [G7] Ridge.}
\line\fontsize #-0.5 { Today\bold [D7] Bill-ie Joe McAllister jumped
\bold [C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge.\bold [D7/A] \bold
[D7] \bold [D7/A]}
%to make a line look blank, for vertical space between lines
\line\fontsize #-40 {. }
% verse Two
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 2}
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { And\bold [D7] pop-pa said to \bold [D7/A] momma
as he \bold [Am7] passed around the black-eyedpeas. \bold [D7/A] \bold
[D7] \bold [D7/A] }
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { Well Billie \bold [D7] Joe never had a lick of
\bold [Am7] sense, pass the biscuits\bold [D7] please. \bold [D7/A]
\bold [D7] \bold [D7/A] }
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { There's \bold [G7] five more acres in the \bold
[G7] low-er forty I got to \bold [G7] plow. }
\line\fontsize #-0.5 { And momma \bold [D7] said it was a shame a-
\bold [D7] -bout Billie Joe any \bold [D7] -how.}
\line{ \bold [G7] noth-ing ever comes to no \bold [G7] good up on
Choctaw \bold [G7] Ridge. }
\line\fontsize #-0.5 { And \bold [D7] Bill-ie Joe McAllister
jumped\bold [C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge.\bold [D7/A]
\bold [D7] \bold [D7/A] }
%to make a line look blank, for vertical space between lines
\line\fontsize #-40 {. }
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 3}
\line\fontsize #-0.8 {\bold [D7] Brother said \bold [D7/A] he recalled
when \bold [Am7] he and Tom and Billie Joe. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7]
\bold [D7/A] }
\line\fontsize #-0.6 { And put a frog \bold [D7] frog down my back at
the \bold [Am7] Car-roll County Picture \bold [D7] Show. \bold [D7/A]
\bold [D7] \bold [D7/A]}
\line\fontsize #-0.6 { And wasn't\bold [G7] I talkin' to him after
\bold [G7] church last Sunday \bold [G7] night. }
\line\fontsize #-0.6 {I'll have a- \bold [D7] -no-ther piece of pie
\bold [D7] _ _ you know it don't seem \bold [D7] right.}
\line\fontsize #-0.6 { I \bold [G7] saw him at the sawmill yester-
\bold [G7] -day up on Choctaw \bold [G7] Ridge.}
\line\fontsize #-0.5 { An' now you \bold [D7] tell me Bill-ie Joe
jumped\bold [C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge.\bold [D7/A]
\bold [D7] \bold [D7/A] }
%to make a line look blank, for vertical space between lines
\line\fontsize #-40 {. }
%Verse 4
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 4}
\line\fontsize #-0.8 {\bold [D7] Mom-ma said to \bold [D7/A] me 'Child
what's \bold [Am7] happened to your appetite? \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7]
\bold [D7/A]}
\line\fontsize #-0.6 { Why I've been\bold [D7] cook-in' all morning,
and you \bold [Am7] haven't touched a single \bold [D7] bite. \bold
[D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold [D7/A] }
\line\fontsize #-0.6 { That \bold [G7] nice young preacher Brother
\bold [G7] Tay-lor dropped by to- \bold [G7] day. }
\line\fontsize #-0.6 { Said he'd be \bold [D7] pleased to have dinner
on \bold [D7] Sun-day, oh and by the \bold [D7] way. }
\line\fontsize #-0.6 { He \bold [G7] said he saw a girl that lookeda
\bold [G7] lot like you up on Choctaw\bold [G7] Ridge. }
\line\fontsize #-0.5 { And she and\bold [D7] Billie Jo was throwing
something\bold [C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge.\bold
[D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold [D7/A] }
%to make a line look blank, for vertical space between lines
\line\fontsize #-40 {. }
% Verse 5
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 5}
\line\fontsize #-0.8 { A \bold [D7] year has come and \bold [D7/A]
gone since we \bold [Am7] heard the news 'bout Billie Joe. \bold
[D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold [D7/A] }
\line\fontsize #-0.6 { And\bold [D7] Brother married Becky Thompson
they \bold [Am7] bought a store in Tuppe- \bold [D7] lo. \bold [D7/A]
\bold [D7] \bold [D7/A] }
\line\fontsize #-0.6 {There was a \bold [G7] virus goin' 'round Poppa
\bold [G7] caught it and he died last \bold [G7] Spring. }
\line\fontsize #-0.6 {And now\bold [D7] Momma doesn't seem to wanna
\bold [D7] do much of any- \bold [D7] -thing.}
\line\fontsize #-0.6 {And\bold [G7] me I spend a lot of time pickin'
\bold [G7] flowers up on Choctaw \bold [G7] Ridge. }
\line\fontsize #-0.5 { And drop them \bold [D7] in-to the muddy water
\bold [C7]off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge.\bold [D7/A] \bold
[D7] \bold [D7/A]}
}
}
\layout {}
\midi {}
}
Jacqueline
After the lines:
\layout { }
}
Insert this:
\noPageBreak
This instructs LilyPond not to start a new page before the markup.
If there are too many lines in verse 6 , LilyPond will report:
warning: compressing over-full page by 6.5 staff-spaces
warning: page 1 has been compressed
The result may appear a bit cramped, but you may have to allow more than
1 page, and you may force a new page at any point using the following:
\pageBreak
HTH
