Re: \key Moves \chords Below Staff

[David Bobroff]

On 4/18/2011 9:03 AM, Christian Eitner wrote:
> Dear Xavier,
>
> On 18 April 2011 10:40, Xavier Scheuer<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > It is due to implicit context creation.
> > If you explicit your contexts (Staff, ChordNames) then such problem
> > would not appear.
> >
> > As explained in the doc,  \chords { ... }  is a shortcut notation for
> >   \new ChordNames { \chordmode { ... } } .
> >
> >
> > \score {
> >   <<
> >     \new ChordNames {
> >       \chordmode {
> >         a1 c
> >       }
> >     }
> >     \new Staff {
> >       \relative c'' {
> >         \key a \major
> >         a1 c
> >       }
> >     }
> >   >>
> > }
> I see. So \key implicitly creates the Staff context before the
> ChordNames context, which is why they appear below the staff.
>
> My problem is that a lot of things are going on before I need a few
> bars with added chord names. What would be the recommended way to add
> these 'in the middle of things'?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christian
>
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I would simply use skips:

\version "2.12.3"

{
<<
    \chords
    {
      s1*2
      a1 c
    }
    \relative c''
    {
      a1 c a c
    }
>>
}

Isn't this what you mean?

-David