Re: Lead sheets: lyrics and chords, no melody?

[Christopher R. Maden]

On 3/3/19 2:34 PM, Ivan Kuznetsov wrote:
> Why not just use MS Word or Latex ?  If you don't need musical
> notation, why use a music notation program ?

I have the songs fully scored out in LilyPond.  My guitarist is scared 
by the lines and dots, so I want to give him a simple lead sheet — 
without having to redo all the work I’ve already done aligning chords 
and lyrics.  (I am committed to the principle of single-source authoring 
in my textual and musical worlds.)

It seems like LilyPond should be able to do that, using an invisible 
staff for the melody, and indeed, I’m 95% of the way there, with Aaron’s 
tips on suppressing the staff and Kieren’s tips on spacing (which I 
haven’t fully digested yet).

It looks like another win for LilyPond, to me!

~Chris
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