Re: adding fingering diagrams

[Mats Bengtsson]

If you want to save some typing, you can define macros for these
patterns, like
fingerD = \markup{\column{◍ ● ● }}


and then use them like d16^\fingerD


  /Mats

Quoting Chris Capoccia <address@hidden>:

> Chris Capoccia <chriscapoccia <at> spamcop.net> writes:
>
> > the tin whistle fingering tips might be helpful:
> > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general/3651
>
>
> using the idea from the tin whistle fingering discussion, i was able
> to come up
> with something that i think will work well:
>
> \paper {
>  #(define dump-extents #t)
>
>  indent = 0\mm
>  line-width = 180\mm - 2.0 * 0.4\in
> }
>
> \layout {
>
> }
>
> \version "2.8.7"
> \header {
> title = "The Ninety and Nine"
> composer = "Ira D. Sankey (1874)"
> poet = "Elizabeth C. Clephane (1868)"
> }
> melody = \relative c' {
>   \clef treble
>   \key g \major
>   \time 6/8
>
> \partial 8
>   d16_"◍"_"●"_"●" d_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8._"◍"_"●"_"●"
> g16_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" fis4_"●"_"○"_"○"
> fis8_"●"_"○"_"○" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●"
>   g16_"◍"_"●"_"●" g_"◍"_"●"_"●" b4_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" a4._"●"_"●"_"○" r4
> \bar "||"
> \break
> \partial 8
>   d,8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g16_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> g_"◍"_"●"_"●" b4_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●"
>   g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" a4_"●"_"●"_"○" a16_"●"_"●"_"○"
> a_"●"_"●"_"○" fis4_"●"_"○"_"○"
> fis8_"●"_"○"_"○" g4._"◍"_"●"_"●" r4
> \bar "||"
> \break
> \partial 8
>   g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8._"◍"_"●"_"●" b16_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> b8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" b4_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●"
>   d'8_"●"_"◍"_"●" d8._"●"_"◍"_"●" d16_"●"_"◍"_"●" d8_"●"_"◍"_"●"
> d8(_"●"_"◍"_"●" b8)_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> a8(_"●"_"●"_"○" g8)_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> a8_"●"_"●"_"○" b4_"◍"_"●"_"●"
>   d8_"●"_"◍"_"●" d8.^\fermata_"●"_"◍"_"●" d16_"●"_"◍"_"●" e8_"○"_"○"_"○"
> d8(_"●"_"◍"_"●" b8)_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" a8(_"●"_"●"_"○"
> b8^\fermata)_"◍"_"●"_"●" a8_"●"_"●"_"○" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●"
> \bar "|."
>
> }
>
> text = \lyricmode {
> \set stanza = "1. "
>   There were nine -- ty and nine, that safe -- ly lay
>   In the shel -- ter of the fold,
>   But one was out on the hills a -- way,
>   Far off from the gates of gold.
>   A -- way on the moun -- tains wild and bare,
>   A -- way from the ten -- der Shep -- herd’s care,
>   A -- way from the ten -- der Shep -- herd’s care.
> }
> \book{
>  \score{
>   <<
>      \new Voice = "one" {
>         \autoBeamOn
>         \melody
>      }
>      \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
>   >>
>   \layout { }
>   \midi { }
>  }
>  \markup{
>     \wordwrap-string #"
> Verse 2.
>
> “Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine;
>
> Are they not enough for Thee?”
>
> But the Shepherd made answer: “This of Mine
>
> Has wandered away from Me;
>
> And although the road be rough and steep,
>
> I go to the desert to find My sheep,
>
> I go to the desert to find My sheep.”"
>    }
> }
>
>
>
>
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