On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM Peter X <peterandu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear LilyPond Team,
>
> First of all, thank you for your remarkable work on LilyPond. The
> ChordGrid functionality is a brilliant tool for visually representing chord
> progressions with clarity and precision, especially in lead-sheet formats
> popular in jazz and contemporary music.
>
> I’m writing to ask for advice or suggestions on a specific use case:
> I would like to add lyrics underneath a ChordGrid, but without showing the
> melody staff. The goal is to produce a clean, performance-friendly layout
> that aligns chords with lyrics in a visually structured way—something akin
> to a simplified lead sheet, where rhythm is suggested through chord
> placement (as in chord grids), and lyrics are clearly readable below.
>
What about using a ChordGridScore and and Devnull for the melody?
%%%
\version "2.24.4"
melody = \relative c' {
\time 4/4
a4 b c d | a b c2 |
}
text = \lyricmode {
Aaa Bee Cee Dee | Aaa Bee Cee |
}
harmonies = \chordmode {
a2 c | g c |
}
\new ChordGridScore {
<<
\new ChordGrid {
\set chordChanges = ##t
\harmonies
}
\new Devnull = "one" { \melody }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
>>
}
%%%
--
Knute Snortum
