Re: 2 muisc + tablature in 2 staves

[M Watts]

Grateful Frog wrote:
> Thanks for that bit!
>
> I'm sorry if I'm asking so many noobie questions, but my question is 
> not so much about the chords, but about the notes.
>
> In the example below, you see that I have to type the same notes in 
> both staves, i.e. c2 c2 g'4 g4 g4 g4 d1.
> I'm trying to find a way of replacing that by a single definition of 
> the notes. Any ideas?

You don't have to type the duration all the time -- lily remembers the 
last-entered duration until you change it, so you can just do: c2 c g4 g 
g g d1 etc.
> mychords = \chordmode { c1:7sus4 r1 d1 }
> cSevenSusFour = ^\markup \fret-diagram-terse #"x;5;5;5;x;x;"
> gMajor = ^\markup \fret-diagram-terse #"3;5;5;4;3;3;"
> <<
>   \new ChordNames { \mychords }
>   \new Staff \relative c' {
>     c2  \cSevenSusFour c2
>     g'4 g4 g4 g4
>     d1 \gMajor
>   }
>   \new TabStaff  \relative c'{
>     c2 c2
>     g'4 g4 g4 g4
>     d1
>   }
> >>
>
> In all events, THANKS for all the help!
> GF
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