I am new to Lilypond, and I am learning how to properly input
information. Currently, I am using the standard Just Friends to
practice with. From looking at other people's input files, I have
been able to come up with the following partial lead sheet score:
--begin justfriends.ly--
\version "2.6.1"
\header {
title = "Just Friends"
composer = "John Klenner"
arranger = "Josh Lawrence"
texttranslator = "Translator"
}
<<
\chords {
s2 | c1:maj7 | s1 | a1:m5-.7 | d1:9- |
g1:maj7 | s1 | bes1:min7 | ees1:7 |
a1:min7 | d1:9- | fis2:m5-.7 b2:7 | e1:min7 |
a1:7 | s1 | a1:min7 | d2:7 des2:9 |
}
\relative c'' { \time 4/4 \key g \major \clef treble \partial 4
b4 | b1 ~ | b2 \times 2/3 {a4 b a} | ees1 ~ | ees2 a |
a1 ~ | a2 \times 2/3 {g4 a g} | des1 ~ | des2 r4 g |
g4. e8 g8 e r fis ~ | fis2 r4 fis | fis4. d8 fis d r e ~ | e4 fis g b |
e2 b ~ | b4 e, \times 2/3 {e fis g} | d'2 b ~ | b b |
}
>>
--end justfriends.ly--
Here are my questions:
First, my chords are not aligning up with the beginning of the bar that
they apply to in the pdf output. How can I make sure that the
chords fall at the beginning of the measure?
Second, I would like for my chart to be 4 bars per line, "Real Book"
style. Is there a simple way that I can tell Lilypond to use 4
bars per line, and still keep a reasonable look to the score?
Finally, is there a jazz font I can use?
I am running Lilypond 2.6.1 on Windows and Linux. This particular file was written and tested using the Windows version.
Please let me know if I need to provide more information. Thank you very much for your help.