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
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