Re: Putting fret diagrams in a separate score

[Marc Hohl]

Am 11.03.2011 18:52, schrieb Carl Sorensen:
> On 3/11/11 2:34 AM, "Marc Hohl"<address@hidden>  wrote:
>
> > Am 10.03.2011 19:52, schrieb Keith OHara:
> > > Marc Hohl<marc<at>   hohlart.de>   writes:
> > > > I try to put fret diagrams at the beginning of a piece.
> > > > My input file looks like this:
> > > >
> > > > <<
> > > >        \new ChordNames \chordmode {
> > > >          g:m
> > > >        }
> > > >        \new Lyrics \lyricmode {
> > > >          \markup { \fret-diagram #"w:4;4-o;3-o;2-1;1-3;" }
> > > >        }
> > > > Warning: staff-affinities  should only decrease
> > Meanwhile, I had another idea, because the "lyrics", i.e. the fret diagrams,
> > are left-aligned in respect to the ChordNames, so I found a better solution,
> > just for the record:
> >
> > \markup {
> >     \fill-line {
> >       \center-column { Gm \fret-diagram #"w:4;4-o;3-o;2-1;1-3;" }
> >       \center-column { X77 \fret-diagram #"w:4;4-o;3-o;2-1;1-3;" }
> >     }
> > }
> Why not just use a FretBoards context?
Good question; it looked way too complicated for my purposes.
I need some chords played on a mandolin, and there are no
predefined fretboard diagrams for mandolin[1] in lilypond.

Regards,

Marc

[1] Searching the internet, there seems to be the general opinion
that mandolins aren't supposed to play chords at all, but it sounds
cool ;-)

> Thanks,
>
> Carl