Re: how to add barre indications to automatic fret diagrams?

[Carl Sorensen]

On 5/20/15 7:30 PM, "Carl Sorensen" <address@hidden> wrote:

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>On 5/19/15 12:45 PM, "pls" <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>Hi all,
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>>LilyPond¹s automatic fret diagrams really are a very helpful feature!
>>More often than not it helps to not having to predefine and store a
>>diagram in a lookup table.  But it has one little drawback: it doesn¹t
>>automatically include a barre indication when several strings are to be
>>covered by one finger.  The default diagram actually looks a bit as if
>>six fingers were needed to play this chord (see example).
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>Actually, this should be a feature request for automatic fret diagrams.
>Any time two strings have the same finger, they could be part of a barre.
>And it would be relatively straightforward to keep a list of minimum and
>maximum strings for each finger, and add the necessary barre indications.

A feature request has been added as Issue #4409.
https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4409

Thanks,

Carl