Simplify for chord charts?
I would like to save a lot of space. I'd like to keep bar lines, but I don't need rests or staff lines or anything like that. I do want to keep the lyrics, but I'd also like to remove rests, and instead of a rest in the middle of the bar, just have the chord for that bar. Is there a way to do something like that?
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I made a quick sample as an experiment. Is this similar to what you're envisioning?
I made notes and rests invisible by selecting everything in the staff (except for chords, using the selection filter) and then hitting "v". I wasn't able to make notes invisible without also making their lyrics invisible, so I had to use a staff text box for each measure to add the words. You can hide staff lines by right-clicking the staff, going to Staff/Part Properties, and then ticking the box for Invisible staff lines.
In reply to I made a quick sample as an… by rosemaebeach
Ya, that would work well, except the time signature and key signature are also not necessary. I tried creating my own template like this as well. What did you do to get the words lined up with the chords like that? Maybe I could leave the rests in the version I did and do it that way, but make them invisible. Or maybe I could just not bother with lining up lyrics to chords, tbh. It's probably more ideal to just do it quickly, than line that up.
In reply to I made a quick sample as an… by rosemaebeach
You can make notes without doing the same for lyrics by either making them invisible first, or by toggling the lyrics visible afterwards.