Re:Can anybody help me with fret diagrams?

[Father Gordon Gilbert]

Wow!  You're absolutely right!  Thanks so much!  Wonder why that error doesn't bork the diagram completely?

Gordon+

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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:31:03 -0700 (PDT)
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the colon in the end makes it! (should be semicolon)



Father Gordon Gilbert wrote:
>
> I tried out my first fret diagrams just recently and I ran into a puzzling
> situation.
>
> Whereas in standard guitar tuning, the A major chord diagram would look
> like
> this:
> aFretDiagram = \markup
>     \fret-diagram #"6-o;5-o;4-2;3-2;2-2;1-o:"
>
> And the standard A7 diagram would look like this:
> asevenFretDiagram = \markup
>     \fret-diagram #"6-o;5-o;4-2;3-o;2-2;1-o:"
>
> (I'm not worrying about fingering for now.)
>
> I have a custom way I like to play the A7 chord which imho provides a
> brighter 7th sound.  It should look like this (using the same coding):
> asevenspecialFretDiagram = \markup
>     \fret-diagram #"6-o;5-o;4-2;3-2;2-2;1-3:"
> That is, the standard A chord with the G (seventh) played on the first
> string at the third fret.
>
> But any time I tried that in my lead-sheet, all it would display was the
> standard A chord. The only way I could display an A7 chord was to use the
> standard one.
>
> Can anyone suggest how I'm going wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon+
>
>
> --
> Fr. Gordon Gilbert
> Penetanguishene, ON
>
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