### 2.14 A lead sheet

In popular music, it is common to denote accompaniment as chord-names. Such chords can be entered like notes,

         c2 f4. g8

but now, each pitch is read as the root of a chord instead of a note. This mode is switched on with `\chords`

>          \score {
>            \chords { c2 f4. g8 }
>          }

Other chords can be created by adding modifiers after a colon. The following example shows a few common modifiers

>          \chords { c2 f4:m g4:maj7 gis1:dim7 }

For lead sheets, chords are not printed on staves, but as names on a line of themselves. Hence, we have to override the context with `\new`, rendering the music expression in a `ChordNames` context

>           \new ChordNames \chords { c2 f4.:m g4.:maj7 gis8:dim7 }

When put together, chord names, lyrics and a melody form a lead sheet, for example,

         \score {
           <<
             \new ChordNames \chords { chords }
             \notes the melody
             \lyricsto "" \new Lyrics \lyrics { the text }
           >>
         }

A complete list of modifiers and other options for layout can be found in Chords.

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