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On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 5:51 PM Mr Tim <sparks2li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is fantastic. I just changed how I do my chords. I used to have
> "invisible" staff, notes, etc to do this. This is very helpful. I
> actually put all the "define" stuff in a separate file with definitions of
> all the different chords I have used so far for all my songs. Then I
> include it in my typset file and put the "name-and-fret-markup" lines there
> for just the chords I need for that song.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:35 PM Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Evan,
>>
>> Welcome to LilyPond!
>>
>> On 1/15/19, 11:10 AM, "Evan Levine" <fifteenrabb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good afternoon! I've got a few things I'm brewing right now, but the
>> most pressing is that I'm looking to set all of the chord diagrams
>> for a
>> lead sheet at the top of the page under the title, and modify the
>> spacing of the diagrams to be centered on the page and have padding
>> between each diagram.
>>
>> The key here, in my opinion, is to set the fret diagrams as markups,
>> rather than as music.
>>
>> Thanks so much! Here's my code:
>>
>> Great job on providing a small example! That was helpful to see what you
>> intended.
>>
>> The only problem with the example is that it wouldn't completely compile,
>> because the music and lyrics were missing. It's much easier if you provide
>> those.
>>
>>
>> Please forgive me for any oversight of the protocol here, as this is
>> my
>> first interaction with the mailing list.
>>
>> The only oversight I see is that you put your mail at the top of another
>> unrelated post. Please don't post your reply to the top of a full post,
>> and when you start a new thread, don't do it by replying to a previous
>> post.
>>
>> With that said, here's how I'd attack your problem. I've created some
>> markup functions to allow you to have control over size, spacing, etc.
>>
>> %%%% Beginning of sample code
>>
>> \version "2.19.82"
>>
>> \header {
>> title = "Steven Universe Theme"
>> composer = "Rebecca Sugar, Aivi & Surasshu"
>> tagline = ##t
>> }
>>
>> #(define chord-name-fontsize 6)
>> #(define name-fretboard-separation .75)
>> #(define different-separation 8)
>> #(define same-separation 2)
>> #(define or-vspace 1.75)
>>
>> #(define fret-formatting "s:2.2;w:4;h:3;d:0.37;f:1;")
>>
>> #(define c-fret "4-x;3-4-2;2-3-2;1-x;")
>> #(define e-one-fret "c:4-2-4;4-4-3;3-4-3;2-4-3;1-x;")
>> #(define e-two-fret "4-x;3-4-2;2-4-3;1-2-1;")
>> #(define f-fret "4-x;3-5-2;2-5-3;1-3-1;")
>> #(define fm-fret "4-x;3-5-2;2-4-3;1-3-1;")
>>
>> #(define-markup-command (chord-name-markup layout props chord-name)
>> (markup?)
>> "Display a chord name in the desired formatting"
>> (interpret-markup layout props
>> #{ \markup \sans \fontsize #chord-name-fontsize $chord-name #} ))
>>
>> #(define-markup-command (name-and-fret-markup layout props chord-name
>> fret-diagram)
>> (markup? markup?)
>> "Display a chord name and fretboard as stacked markups separated by
>> name-fretboard-separation"
>> (interpret-markup layout props
>> #{ \markup \center-column {
>> \chord-name-markup $chord-name
>> \vspace #name-fretboard-separation
>> $fret-diagram
>> }
>> #}))
>>
>> #(define-markup-command (or-markup layout props or-text)
>> (markup?)
>> "Display a separator between alternative fretboards"
>> (interpret-markup layout props
>> #{ \markup \center-column {
>> \vspace #or-vspace
>> \chord-name-markup $or-text
>> }
>> #}))
>>
>> \markup \line {
>> \name-and-fret-markup "C" \fret-diagram #(string-append
>> fret-formatting c-fret)
>> \hspace #different-separation
>> \center-column {
>> \name-and-fret-markup "E" \line {
>> \fret-diagram #(string-append fret-formatting e-one-fret)
>> \hspace #same-separation
>> \or-markup "or"
>> \hspace #same-separation
>> \fret-diagram#(string-append fret-formatting e-two-fret)
>> \hspace #same-separation
>> \or-markup "or"
>> \hspace #same-separation
>> \fret-diagram#(string-append fret-formatting e-two-fret)
>> }
>> }
>> \hspace #different-separation
>> \name-and-fret-markup "F" \fret-diagram #(string-append
>> fret-formatting f-fret)
>> \hspace #different-separation
>> \center-column {
>> \name-and-fret-markup "Fm" \fret-diagram #(string-append
>> fret-formatting fm-fret)
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> \score {
>> <<
>> \new ChordNames {
>> c1 e f c f
>> }
>> \new Staff {
>> \new Voice = "melody" {
>> \repeat unfold 5 {c'4 d' e' f'}
>> }
>> }
>> \new Lyrics {
>> \lyricsto "melody" {
>> \repeat unfold 5 {tra la la la }
>> }
>> }
>> >>
>> }
>>
>> %%%% end of sample code
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Carl
>>
>>
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