Chord Charts in Dorico?

If you already have a lead sheet …

  1. Add a 0-line staff (I posted one that works with D5 here)
  2. Copy the notes and lyrics to it (as lyrics are attached to notes)
  3. Hide the noteheads, stems, and accidentals. You can do this in Properties panel in Engrave. You can’t hide ties so select all the notes and cut the ties with U
  4. Remove Rests
  5. In Setup, set the chord symbols to display on the 0-line staff, then use Select More and move them into position in Engrave.
  6. Engraving Options / Barlines set Minimum barline protrusion to something larger than the default to get the look you want.
  7. Hide the time sig on the 0-line staff if you really don’t want it. You may need to input an independent time sig if you want to keep it on your main lead sheet.

Lead sheet:

0-line:

EDIT: Oops, fixed lyric typo LOL