Thanks Shane, this did the trick. The syntax makes a lot more sense, don't know what I was thinking...
-Ben On 7 August 2012 13:24, Shane Frasier <sfras...@mac.com> wrote: > Ben, > > I am still a bit of a novice myself, but I think you want to do something > like: > > \new StaffGroup << > \new Staff { > \clef "bass_8" > \symbols > } > \new TabStaff { > \clef moderntab > \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #bass-tuning > \symbols > } > >> > > Shane > ------------------------- > Shane Frasier > sfras...@mac.com > > > > On Aug 6, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Ben Eichler wrote: > > Hi there, > > > I'm a brand new user of Lilypond, just downloaded this morning! I'm using > it to create more beautiful scores for my guitar and bass students. > > In the notation reference under section 2.4.1 Custom > tablatures<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings#custom-tablatures> > there > is an alternative clef used called "moderntab", which is a really nice > clean sans-serif clef. I tried inserting the declaration just as it was in > the code snippet, and it doesn't render in the pdf output! So I checked the > log, and this is what I'm getting: > > *# -*-compilation-*-* > *Processing `C:/Users/Ben/Desktop/raindance2.ly'* > *Parsing...* > *Interpreting music... [8]* > *Preprocessing graphical objects...* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab_change' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab_change' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *warning: clef `markup.moderntab' not found* > *Finding the ideal number of pages...* > *Fitting music on 1 page...* > *Drawing systems...* > *Layout output to `/Users/Ben/Desktop/raindance2.ps'...* > *Converting to `/Users/Ben/Desktop/raindance2.pdf'...* > *success: Compilation successfully completed* > > This is how I declared the staves (the variable "symbols" holds the > musical notes): > > *\new StaffGroup <<* > * \new Staff \symbols {* > * \clef "bass_8"* > * }* > * \new TabStaff \symbols {* > * \clef moderntab* > * \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #bass-tuning* > * }* > *>>* > > Can anybody help me solve this novice's problem? Many thanks, > > > -Ben > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > >
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