Re: Guitar tabs and fret diagram

[Rick Hansen (aka RickH)]

Helge Kruse wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> writing a piece for guitar I include tabs. At some difficult I want 
> additionally write a fret diagram to show, how to set the fingers. Maybe 
> most guitar players think that's overkill, but the player should see as
> fast 
> as possible how to set the left hand fingers.
> 
> When I add fret diagrams to the melody. It will be display above the score 
> as well as above the tabs. That is overkill. How can I achieve my goal?
> 
> Is there a way to "filter out" the fret diagrams? If I watn to generate a 
> PDF without the, can I define a function or set any variable to suppress 
> them?
> 
> Best regards,
> Helge
> 
> 
> \version "2.11.32"
> 
> halfnote = {\once \override NoteHead #'duration-log = #1 }
> 
> melody = \relative c
> {
>  \key d \major
>  \time 4/4
> 
>  \halfnote d8 ^\markup \fret-diagram #"6-x;5-x;4-o;3-2;2-3;1-2;"
>      a' d fis
>  \halfnote a,, ^\markup  \fret-diagram #"6-o;5-o;4-2;3-2;2-2;1-o;"
>      e' a cis |
> }
> 
> \score {
>  <<
>   \context Staff = Guit
>   <<
>    \clef "G_8"
>    \new Voice \melody
>   >>
>   \context TabStaff = Tab
>   {
>    \override TabStaff.Stem #'transparent = ##t
>    \override TabStaff.Beam #'transparent = ##t
>    <<
>     \new TabVoice \melody
>    >>
>   }
>  >>
> }
> 
> 
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Or you can use the \FretBoards context for your fret diagrams instead of
markup, that way they will be transposeable to other keys and you can
hide/show the whole context from one control point.


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