Re: How to make jazz-like leadsheets without melody, only chords, and text?

2021-03-25 Thread Valentin Petzel
> \version "2.22.0" > \language "english" > \include "lilyjazz.ily" > > global = { \time 4/4 \key f \major \tempo 4=100} > chordNames = \chordmode {f1:7 f:7 f:7 f:7} > \score { > {\global > \new ChordNames {\chordNames > }}} Okay, multiple issues here: → Your global

Re: How to make jazz-like leadsheets without melody, only chords, and text?

2021-03-24 Thread schmaus
Hi Stefano, Yes I completely overlooked that. Well I do have a solution, but it’s cumbersome, so I’m not sure whether there’s a much easier solution to this. My solution involves TextSpanners. Best, check the Notation Manual for more details about them, but her’s my solution:\. Basically I add

Re: How to make jazz-like leadsheets without melody, only chords, and text?

2021-03-24 Thread stefano franchi
Thanks Robert, that looks fantastic. Exactly what I needed! I will have to study the manual to really understand what you did, but kudos to you for the help. Thanks again and cheers, s. On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 9:57 AM Robert Schmaus wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > Yes I completely overlooked that. >

Re: How to make jazz-like leadsheets without melody, only chords, and text?

2021-03-24 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-03-24 1:07 am, Jacques Menu wrote: This works, but with a second, empty staff: \version "2.20.0" \language "english" \include "lilyjazz.ily" global = { \time 4/4 \key f \major \tempo 4=100} chordNames = \chordmode {f1:7 f:7 f:7 f:7} \score { << \global \new ChordNames {

Re: How to make jazz-like leadsheets without melody, only chords, and text?

2021-03-24 Thread Jacques Menu
This works, but with a second, empty staff: \version "2.20.0" \language "english" \include "lilyjazz.ily" global = { \time 4/4 \key f \major \tempo 4=100} chordNames = \chordmode {f1:7 f:7 f:7 f:7} \score { << \global \new ChordNames { \chordNames } \new Voice

Re: How to make jazz-like leadsheets without melody, only chords, and text?

2021-03-23 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-03-23 9:09 pm, stefano franchi wrote: I know how to enter chords (and how to use a jazzy font), but I can't find out how to enter the beat marks, not the text underneath that spans several bars (my chords also appear under the staff rather than above it, but that's a minor issue). See i

How to make jazz-like leadsheets without melody, only chords, and text?

2021-03-23 Thread stefano franchi
I am trying to produce a jazz-style leadsheet for the solo section of a song to improvise over. The section will have no melody (obviously, but I need to indicate the chords, the beat signs, and will include some text below the bars indicating either the scale degree or the scale to use for the im