I am about to transcribe a bunch of older Western folk music in lead sheet form for an open source tunebook. Am trying to create a robust template so I don't have to think too much about anything other than getting the notes, chords, and lyrics right. You can see it below, or rendered by the invaluable Lilybin at http://lilybin.com/u6p5m8/8.
Can you tell me what's bad about this as a template? The lead sheets will contain chord names and guitar fretboard diagrams. Added a crucial (for me) section overriding the predefined guitar fretboard diagram for a chord. I also took too long to figure out how to get pickup notes in a format that seemed natural. Thanks! % Lead sheet with: % - Guitar fretboard diagrams % - Override a predefined fretboard diagram % - Pickup note with text above it suppressed % - Chord and other text suppressed above the pickup note %%%% Please send critiques to tomcampb...@gmail.com \version "2.18.2" \include "predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly" % Override predefined fretboard for e minor. % This just adds a G to the first (highest) string. % A little contrived but it's brief. \storePredefinedDiagram #default-fret-table \chordmode { e:m } #guitar-tuning #"o;2-2;2-3;o;o;3-4;" \header { title = "Hit and Miss (Daphne)" composer = "Trad." } theMelody = \relative c { \clef treble \key e \minor \time 6/8 % Pickup note \partial 8 e'8 % Verse melody (truncated for clarity) g4 a8 b4 e8 d8. e16 fis8 e4 b16 c } theLyrics = \lyricmode { When Daph -- ne from fair Phoe -- bus did fly the -- } theChords = \chordmode { % Replace the N.C. that would appear over % the pickup note \set noChordSymbol = "" \partial 8 r8 e2.:min b4.:min e4.:min } \score { << \new ChordNames { \theChords } \new FretBoards { \theChords } \new Voice = "one" { \autoBeamOn \theMelody } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \theLyrics >> \layout { } \midi { } }