Re: Defining custom fretboards

[James]

Thanks, Carl. This does what I'm looking for. Is this in the documentation? I 
couldn't (and still can't) find it.

James Worlton

On Apr 21, 2015, at 17:17 , Carl Sorensen wrote:

> 
> 
> On 4/21/15 1:38 PM, "James Worlton" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am doing work for a client involving fretboard diagrams. He does not
>> like that the default barred chords show the dots in between the
>> outermost strings involved.
>> 
>> Is there a way to turn off the dots "in the middle" of a barred fret?
> 
> Predefined fret diagrams use either the fret-diagram-terse format or the
> fret-diagram-verbose format.  So if the terse format doesn't work, go for
> verbose:
> 
> %%%%
> 
> \version "2.19.15"
> 
> #(define custom-fretboard-table-one (make-fretboard-table))
> \storePredefinedDiagram #custom-fretboard-table-one
>  \chordmode{f}
>  #guitar-tuning
>  #'(
>      (barre 1 6 1)
>      (place-fret 5 3 3)
>      (place-fret 4 3 4)
>      (place-fret 3 2 2)
>      (place-fret 6 1 1)
>      (place-fret 1 1 1))
> 
> names = {
>   \chordmode {
>     \set predefinedDiagramTable = #custom-fretboard-table-one
>     f1
>   }
> }
> 
> fmajorchord = ^\markup { \fret-diagram #"c:6-1-1;6-1;5-3;4-3;3-2;1-1;" }
> 
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new ChordNames { \names }
>     \new FretBoards { \names }
>     \new Staff { f'1 }
>     \new Dynamics { s1^"how I want it:" \fmajorchord }
>>> 
> }
> 
> 
> %%%%
> 
> 
> Your markup worked because it uses the fret-diagram format, which the
> predefined fretboard diagrams can't use.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Carl
>