fitting fret diagrams on a staff

2021-10-18 Thread Gary Brookman
For future reference. I have no idea if this is the most Lilypondic way of accomplishing what I want, but it works. #(set-global-staff-size 14) \layout { indent = 0 } and using \noBreak if necessary

fitting fret diagrams on a staff

2021-10-13 Thread Gary Brookman
I'm trying to create a rhythm chart for guitarists that have specific voicings shown in fret diagrams. It's mostly correct, except I have two measures on the first line and three on the remaining. What I want is four measures per line. I'll fess up to being a beginner with Lilypond and not a mus

Re: fret diagram number position

2021-10-03 Thread Gary Brookman
beautiful! thanks. (fret-label-vertical-offset . -0.5) does just what I want. From: Carl Sorensen Sent: Saturday, October 2, 2021 11:59 PM To: Gary Brookman ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: fret diagram number position From: lilypond-user on behalf

fret diagram number position

2021-10-02 Thread Gary Brookman
The position of the fret diagram number is confusing and I'd like to move it, but I'm not seeing a way. I looked at fret-diagram-interface but nothing is obvious for moving it towards the middle of a fret. Like this: [cid:952f67fd-477d-41c4-949f-a859abaddc69] Lilypond looks like this: [cid:385e6

Re: alternate fretboard table

2021-09-28 Thread Gary Brookman
Thank you Carl. You made it plenty clear, but I still ignored it. 🙂 Maybe I'm on the path now. From: Carl Sorensen Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 3:47 PM To: Gary Brookman ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: alternate fretboard table Gary, You

Re: alternate fretboard table

2021-09-28 Thread Gary Brookman
fault table % or you can use the \set format by uncommenting the next line %\set predefinedDiagramTable = #swing-fretboard-table \mychords } >> From: Carl Sorensen Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 12:47 PM To: Gary Brookman ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: a

alternate fretboard table

2021-09-28 Thread Gary Brookman
I'm a complete Lilypond neophyte, so please excuse me if I'm missing the basics. I am learning to play rhythm to jazz standards. A friend is an expert on voicings used in big band and swing settings, and none of these are in the predefined fretboard table. After some reading, what makes sense to