Re: Why do chords print below staff?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> Tricky one! I send a copy to bug-lilypond, both since the
> difference between \chords and \chordmode is completely undocumented
> (except for the NEWS file for 2.4) and since I don't realize why
> the chords end up below the stave.

> I stripped down your example to the following, where the chords
> still are printed below the staff.
>
> \version "2.4.0"
>
> melody = \relative c'' {
>   a4 a8 a g4 g |
>   f2 f |
> }
>
> guitar = \new ChordNames \chordmode {
>   f2 c |
>   f1 |
> }
>
> \score {
>   <<
>   \new ChordNames {
>     \set chordChanges = ##t
>     \guitar
>  }
>
>   \new Staff \context Voice = mel {
>     \melody
>     }
>   >>
> }
>
>
> Note that I replaced '\chords' with '\new ChordNames \chordmode'
> (which is equivalent) in an attempt to understand what's going on.

The problem is that file has \new ChordNames twice, and the inner one is 
 processed after \new Staff.

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