Re: chordmode bass and relative

[Paul Scott]

On Jul 1, 2008, at 6:10 PM, Mark wrote:

> Hi All
> Having a small problem with chordmode, displaying chords within the  
> staff.
> I wish to display some chords on a bass clef.
> Decided that chordmode in this instance was the best way. (im  
> tidying up from a simple "chords above lyrics" doc. So I dont know  
> the notes. Of course I could work them out)
>
> The snip below shows a note progression of dedga which all sit  
> nicely on the bass clef staff as expected. (my test phrase)
> However when I do the same thing  using chordmode the chords are  
> way off the top of the staff. As if the relative and clef commands  
> are ignored.
> I tried inserting clef and relative commands within the chordmode  
> command but recieved errors.
>
> I had to "d, e,,:m d, g,, a,,:sus}" to force it to look like what I  
> anticipated.
> Im not sure if its a bass clef v chordmode problem or just not  
> utilising chordmode correctly

> \new Staff {
> \clef bass
> \key d \major
> \relative c {
> d e d g a}
> \chordmode {
> d e:m d g a:sus}
>
> }

Maybe you want the chords parallel to the roots.  Something like this:

chords1.ly
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Paul Scott