Re: Fret diagrams

[Marc Hohl]

Carl Sorensen schrieb:
> Thomas Scharkowski <t.scharkowski <at> t-online.de> writes:
>
>   
> > Hello,
> >
> > can the lines of a fret diagram get diffent widths?
> > For example 6th string thick, 5th string thinner, 1st thinnest?
> >
> > Thank you
> > Thomas
> >
> >     
>
>
> Currently, no.
>
> It would be a relatively simple fix to add this functionality, but it would
> require new properties to be added, which would further pollute the namespace.
>
> I've never seen a fret diagram with variable string thicknesses.  Is this a
> common notation for you, or is this something experimental you'd like to have?
>
> Carl
>   
I have seen such fret diagrams before. Normally, the line thickness is
fixed, but (especially for beginners) variable string thicknesses can 
help a lot.
A student of mine plays guitar left-handed and regularly gets confused
with the orientation of the fret diagrams. A thick low E string would 
solve this
problem almost immediately.

Marc
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