Re: Chart w/ chords?
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G'day John,
I'm not sure of the sample you're referring to but there are several techniques used by different people here on the forum:
- Simple text entries above a staff
- Simple text entries above a staff that has it's contents hidden and which is then layered with the staff in question - sometimes this is a single line staff.
- Entered as lyrics on a staff that has it's contents hidden and which is then layered with the staff in question - sometimes this is also a single line staff.
I think that's the main ones - each has it's pro's and con's. I normally use the second method (I usually have my lyrics on this staff too so that I can easily have a non-melody instrument part that still has all the annotations and the lyrics as for the melody staff).
A few interesting, related topics - there are others:
https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=518.0
https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=5517.0
https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=5771.0
If you would like to see a PDF example of the first method (and incidentally see some chord fonts I've put together) check out the following links:
http://zoundz.pardyline.com.au/SupportFiles/Fonts/SwingDings-SampleChart.pdf
http://zoundz.pardyline.com.au/SupportFiles/Fonts/MusikDingsSerif-SampleChart.pdf
http://zoundz.pardyline.com.au/SupportFiles/Fonts/MusikDingsSans-SampleChart.pdf
These samples were prepared with NWC2 and also include an alternative system font, a musical symbols font and text fonts as well as the chord font
If you're interested in the fonts, they can be downloaded for free via the Scripto: http://nwc-scriptorium.org/helpful.html#Fonts
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