-Since such a @q{context modification} is specified inside of
-music, it will affect @emph{all} outputs (typesetting @emph{and}
+Alternatively, if the music is being entered using the short form of the
+input mode-specifying commands, e.g. @code{\chords} rather than
+@code{\chordmode}, the @code{\with} command must be placed immediately
+after the mode-specifying command:
+
+@example
+\chords \with @{ [context settings for this (implicit) context instance only] @}
+@{
+ @dots{}
+@}
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+as it is the implicit context created by these short forms which should
+be modified. The same consideration applies to the other input
+mode-specifying short forms (@code{\drums}, @code{\figures}), see
+@ref{Input modes}.
+
+Since context modifications specified in @code{\with} blocks are inside
+music, they will affect @emph{all} outputs (typesetting @emph{and}