Re: putting markup above chord names

[Siena Kaplan]

Sorry, the guide to posting makes a big deal about not including too much of the code.  Using rehearsal marks worked, but now I have a nitpicky problem of the two numbers being at different heights.  The dynamics solution turned up an error, which I can look into but I think it'll be easier to just make the rehearsal marks work. 

What I did is posted below and attached.  I had to add a space to put the mark after, otherwise the 1 appeared above the clef instead of above the starting note.  The 2 is slightly higher than the 1, which bothers me.  Is there any way to make it default to the same height?

Thanks for your help!

\version "2.16.2"

#(set-default-paper-size "government-legal" 'landscape)
#(set-global-staff-size 32)

\paper {
  system-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #20
  indent = 0
}

theChords = \chordmode {
  \time 3/4
  s8 g4 | f g2 | f4 c e:m | f g a:m | g2. |
  a4:m c f | g e4.:m g8 | f2 g4 | c2
}

sopMusic = \relative c''
{
  \key c \major
  \time 3/4
  \partial 4.
  \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-circle-numbers
  s8 \mark \default g8 a16( b) | c4 b a8 g | a( g) e4 \mark \default e8 f16( g) | a4 g f8 e | d4( g) \bar "" \break e8 d |
  c4 c c8 g' | f4 e e8 g | a4 g e8 d | c2 \bar "|."
}

verseone = \lyricmode {
  \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT "When" our | friends join hands to -- | ge -- ther sing -- ing | songs in har -- mo -- | ny there's a |
  place I long to | dwell in, there's a | place that's home to | me.
}

\new ChoirStaff <<
  \new ChordNames { \theChords }
  \new Staff
  <<
    \new Voice = "sopranos" { \sopMusic }
  >>
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" {
    \verseone }
>>
\layout {
  \context {
    \ChoirStaff
    \accepts "ChordNames"

  }
  \context {

    \Score

    \remove "Bar_number_engraver"

    \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staffgroup-staff-spacing
         #'basic-distance = #20
  }
  \context {
    \ChordNames
    \override ChordName #'font-size = #-2
  }
}

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Kevin Barry <address@hidden> wrote:

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Siena Kaplan-Thompson <address@hidden> wrote:

I'm writing up a simple round, and I want the number markers for the parts
to appear above the chord names.  I'm using markup on the notes to add the
numbers, and it doesn't seem to work to put the markup on the chords
instead.  Can't find anything in documentation to help, nor in archive.  I'm
using 2.16.2.  Any ideas?

Hi Siena,

I hope I understand the structure of your file correctly (it's best to include enough code that it will compile on its own). The ChordNames is a separate context from the staff they are above, and since the round numbers are part of the Staff context there is no way to make them jump up over the chord names, so to speak. I think the best solution is to create another context above ChordNames and put the round numbers in that, so something like this:

\version "2.16.2"

theChords = \chordmode {

  \time 3/4

  g4 | f g2 | f4 c e:m | f g a:m | g2. |

  a4:m c f | g e4.:m g8 | f2 g4 | c2

}

sopMusic = \relative c''

{

  \key c \major

  \time 3/4

  \partial 4

  g8a16( b) | c4 b a8 g | a( g) e4 e8 f16( g) | a4 g f8 e | d4( g) \bar "" \break e8 d |

  c4 c c8 g' | f4 e e8 g | a4 g e8 d | c2 \bar "|."

}

roundNumbers = {

  \override Dynamics.TextScript.padding = #3

  s2.*2^\markup { \circle \number 1 }

  s^\markup { \circle \number 2 }

}

\score {

  \new ChoirStaff <<

    \new Dynamics { \roundNumbers }

    \new ChordNames { \theChords }

    \new Staff { \sopMusic }

  >>

}