Re: Guitar harmonics indicators

[Noeck]

Hi Andrew,

yes it is common. Pierre already pointed you to \5 (string number) and a
markup for the fret.

Besides the special case of harmonics, roman numbers are also used to
indicate a general position (German: Lage) of the left hand. In this
case the number is the fret of the index finger, other fingers then play
on higher frets. The position usually stays the same for several notes
and can be indicated by a text spanner. The following example shows this
meaning:


\version "2.19.36"

m = \relative {

  \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = \markup { \small XII }
  \override TextSpanner.direction = #DOWN
  a\5\startTextSpan b\5 c\5 d\4 e1\4 \stopTextSpan
}

<<
  \new Staff { \clef "treble_8" \m }
  \new TabStaff \m
>>


Cheers,
Joram