Re: using lilypond tab for "chords"

[Mats Bengtsson]

Laura Conrad wrote:
> Attached is my first attempt at writing lily tablature.  It's a
> transcription of two measures of Dowland's lute tab.  I have a couple
> of questions:
>
>         I have managed to turn the stems off, but how do I turn off
>         the dots?  They look silly, without the stems.

\property TabStaff.Dots \override #'transparent = ##t

You know where to look for the name of the graphics objects,
don't you? (lilypond.org->Documentation:index->Doc of internals).

>         I tried using Rune's suggestion for using letters instead of
>         numbers, and it doesn't work.  What am I (or he) doing wrong?
>         The error message says:

Just remove the quote before the function name:

\property TabStaff.tablatureFormat = #fret-letter-tablature-format


   /Mats