Re: string numbers (fingering instructions) as roman numerals?

[David Nalesnik]

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 4:15 PM, David Raleigh Arnold <address@hidden> wrote:

How do I indicate strings by letter-pitch instead of
numbers, the way Villa Lobos did? Regards, Rale

You could do something like the following:

\version "2.19.8"

#(define strings "EBGDAE")

#(define (string-number::calc-string-name-text grob)

  (let* ((event (event-cause grob))

          (number-of-strings (string-length strings))

          (string-num (ly:event-property event 'string-number))

          (string-name

            (and

              (> string-num 0)

              (>= number-of-strings string-num)

              (substring strings (1- string-num) string-num))))

    (or string-name (number->string string-num))))

{

  \override StringNumber.text = #string-number::calc-string-name-text

  \clef "treble_8"

  e,1\6 a,\5 d\4 g\3 b\2 e'\1

}

%%%

--David