Hello Peter, hello Knute, > Thank you so much, Knute, for this excellent suggestion! > > Using Devnull to host the melody and align lyrics without displaying the > actual notes is exactly the kind of solution I was hoping for. This setup > gives me the clean, rhythm-aware chord grid layout I wanted, while still > supporting accurate lyric alignment. > > For now, this works perfectly for my needs. I may explore a few additional > ideas as I continue working on this format—if any further questions or > requirements come up during the process, I’ll be sure to follow up. > > Thanks again for your help and generosity in sharing this solution!
There is not actually a need to do so, unless you do already have the melody in the system. Lyric events are totally normal music events featuring a duration. Having the Lyrics follow a Voice is a feature, not a necessity. So instead of entering a dummy Voice just for rhythm you can directly enter the Lyrics with the rhythm: %%% \version "2.24.4" text = \lyricmode { Aaa4 Bee4 Cee2 | Aaa4 Bee2 Cee4 | } harmonies = \chordmode { a2 c | g c | } \new ChordGridScore { << \new ChordGrid { \set chordChanges = ##t \harmonies } \new Lyrics \text >> } %%% Cheers, Valentin
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