2 \include "pop-chords.ly"
5 % Good sizes are 16, 18, & 20
7 #(set-default-paper-size "letter")
8 #(set-global-staff-size staffSize)
9 #(ly:set-option (quote no-point-and-click))
11 %{ Some useful characters: ‘ ’ “ ” – — † ‡ • … %}
15 %Let's bump up the title size and switch to the chord font. :-)
17 title = \markup { \override #'(font-family . sans) \fontsize #3.5 "Away In A Manger" }
18 composer = \markup { \override #'(font-family . sans) \fontsize #1.3 "James R. Murray" }
19 arranger = \markup { \override #'(font-family . sans) \fontsize #1.3 "arr. Craig Harris" }
20 tagline = $(string-append "Engraved by JLH and Lilypond " (lilypond-version))
35 \partial 4*1 s4 \bar "||" % 0
36 s2.*5 \bar ".|:-||" % 1-5
58 s2.*16 \bar "|." % 25-40
66 LeadVox = \relative c''
68 % \set Voice.autoBeaming = ##f
69 % \set Staff.instrument = #"Lead vox"
71 \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
127 LeadVoxText = \lyricmode
129 A -- way in a man -- ger no crib for a bed,
130 the lit -- tle Lord Je -- sus lay down his sweet head;
131 The stars in the sky _ look down where he lay,
132 the lit -- tle Lord Je -- sus a -- sleep on the hay. _
138 Be near me Lord Je -- sus! I ask thee to stay
139 close by me for -- e -- ver, and love me, I pray.
140 Bless all the dear chil -- dren in thy ten -- der care,
141 and fit us for hea -- ven, to live with thee there.
144 LeadVoxTextB = \lyricmode
146 _ cat -- tle are low -- ing, the ba -- by a -- wakes,
147 the lit -- tle Lord Je -- sus, no cry -- ing he makes.
148 I love thee, Lord Je -- sus! Look down from the sky,
149 and stay by my side un -- til mor -- ning is
160 \partial 4*1 c4 | % 0
177 \partial 4*1 s4 | % 0
219 % Use a RhythmicStaff on the chords instead of this?
220 % It almost works, but not quite. Doesn't collapse chords above to single notes...
224 \numericTimeSignature
225 \override NoteHead #'style = #'slash
230 \partial 4*1 s4 \bar "||" % 0
235 c4 c c \bar ".|:-||" % 5
264 % s2.*16 \bar "|." % 25-40
270 \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'( 0.0 . -1.0 )
272 \partial 4*1 s4_\markup { \italic { lite snare, arp. gtr. } } | % 0
274 s4_\markup { \italic { a capella } } s2 | % 24
283 \Global % The "roadmap" that everything else depends on
284 \new Voice = "lead" \LeadVox
286 \new Lyrics \lyricsto "lead" \LeadVoxText
287 \new Lyrics \lyricsto "lead" \LeadVoxTextB
292 \new ChordNames \Chords
294 % \new ChordNames \transpose b g \Chords
295 \new RhythmicStaff << \Rhythm \Dynamics >>
298 \set Score.skipBars = ##t
299 \set Score.melismaBusyProperties = #'()
306 #(define fonts (make-pango-font-tree
312 % Spread staves vertically across last page (default: t)
313 % ragged-last-bottom = ##f
314 % Don't spread staves vertically across the page (default: f)
315 % ragged-bottom = ##t
316 % Allow partial line for last stave (default: f)
319 % To find out what's eating the space at the top...
320 % annotate-spacing = ##t