Re: Stand alone guitar chord/scale diagrams

[Simon Bailey]

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> <...SNIP...>
>>be able to put something else other than fingering in the dots. how
>>would i put R in the circle?
>
>
> \version "2.16.1"  % necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond versions.
>
>
>  \markup {
>       % standard size
>       \override #'(size . 3) {
>         \override #'(fret-diagram-details . (
>                      (dot-color . white)
>                      (finger-code . in-dot))) {
>           \fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
>                                    (place-fret 5 3 "A")
>                                    (place-fret 4 5 "B")
>                                    (place-fret 3 5 "C")
>                                    (place-fret 2 5 "D")
>                                    (place-fret 1 3 "E")
>                                    (barre 5 1 3))
>         }}}

now that makes sense. is that only possible with fret-diagram-verbose
or can i do the same with \fret-diagram?

\fret-diagram #"6-x;5-3-A;4-5-B;3-5-C;2-5-D;1-3-E;" won't work,
complaining about "Object is not a markup".

regards,
sb

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