> On 14 Nov 2018, at 09:09, sean read <read.sea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to write out lead sheets with section labels like you see on
> modern charts with a and b section labelled by a bold letter in a box. Is
> there a standardised way to do this in lilypond? I couldn't seem to find
> anything in the documentation
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Morning, Sean.
I use a template file as a basis for leadsheets, with variables for “The Head”,
“The Chords”, “The Words”, such as:
TheHead = \relative c' {
\set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-letters
\clef "treble"
\key c \major
\numericTimeSignature
\time 4/4
% Put your own melody here
| c4 d e f
}
The following is the beginning of Royal Garden Blues (which would replace “| c4
d e f” above)...
| a'4 ^ \markup "Introduction" a bes8 c4 bes8
| a4 a bes8 c4 bes8
| a4 c d f
| g r4 c, r4 %\bar "||"
\repeat volta 2 {
\mark
\bar "|:"
| a4 a bes8 c4 bes8
| a4 a bes8 c4 bes8
| a4 a bes8 c4 bes8
| a4 f8 g~ g2
...which illustrates the use of \markup for an introduction and a rehearsal
mark for the “A” section, which is displayed in a box.
Successive uses of \mark result in “B”, “C” etc. sections.
I have gleaned loads of helpful hints and sections of code from the list over
the years, but have never reached what I regard as the definitive template for
wider distribution! Happy to share “the story so far” off-list, if that would
help.
Michael
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