Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> writes: > On 12/20/10 8:57 PM, "Marc Mouries" <m...@mouries.net> wrote: > >> >> The fret diagram prints a fret number indication on the right that is >> confusing from a Violinist perspective. >> Is there any option for the fret diagram not to print it? > > Unfortunately, right now there is no way to change it. > >> >> For instance, in the 2nd D chord i'd like to get rid of the "iv" or >> print "i" >> because on the Violin it is more helpful to think in terms of position than >> fret as there is none. > > So do you want fret indications in your violin "fret" diagrams? > > And how is the position calculated?
You can't really calculate it all too well. In "first position", the pinky is in the current scale a fifth above the empty string. In "half position", it is a diminuished fifth, while the index finger is a half step above the empty string (if the index finger is a half step above the empty string, but the pinky is still a full fifth, it is not "half position" since you can still sound the next empty string). In "third" position, the index finger is a fourth above the empty string. Basically, the position more or less concerns the relation between the current scale and the hand position and fingering and is a somewhat fuzzy concept when the number of accidentals rises. > It seems possible that we could put an option in to label the position > instead of the fret. But at this point I don't know how to calculate > the position. The position is not independent of the fingering. Indicating a position would only make sense in fret diagrams if you also spell out the fingering. I don't know whether there is any established scheme for that with violins. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
