Re: chord names and pickup measures

[Mats Bengtsson]

Just start the chord name part with the corresponding amount of spacing notes:
\chordmode{s8 | c1 ...}

  /Mats

Quoting rif <address@hidden>:

> I'm laying out a jazz sheet that has an eigth note "pickup" before
> measure 1.  I would like to have the first chord name aligned with
> measure 1, NOT with the pickup.  Any ideas how to do that?  I've tried
> messing around with \once \override ??? #'extra-offset, but I'm not sure
> what to put in for ??? (I've tried a few things, but lilypond just says
> that's "not a grob" and ignores.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> rif
>
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