Thanks so much, this is almost exactly what I was looking for!  I will play
around with this a bit.
On Mon Dec 22 2014 at 1:12:12 PM Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2014-12-22 19:08 GMT+01:00 Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com>:
> > 2014-12-22 15:48 GMT+01:00 Rob Torop <r...@aya.yale.edu>:
> >> I'm trying to create something like this:
> >>
> >> Chord names (not grids) above the first staff
> >> One normal staff
> >> One guitar tab staff underneath it (same melody as in staff above)
> >> Lyrics underneath the guitar tab
> >> Chord grids printed just once at bottom
> >>
> >> I would also like to define my own chord voicings with custom names -
> that
> >> is, I don't want to give an alternative voicing for E, but instead make
> up a
> >> new name like EBlah, and have EBlah appear in the chart and in the chord
> >> grid. I might have multiple voicings that are all really E so it doesn't
> >> work to just re-use E.
> >>
> >> I can find bits and pieces of this, but I can't make anything really
> work.
> >> Here's one this I tried:
> >>
> >> \version "2.18.2"
> >>
> >> \include "predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly"
> >>
> >>
> >> chordNames = \chordmode { c1:m7 ees1:maj7 }
> >>
> >> melody         = \relative c'    { c2 f4 bes,4 ees aes, des ges, }
> >>
> >> verse            =  \lyricmode  {  I met a fair young maiden }
> >>
> >>
> >> \score {
> >>
> >>   <<
> >>
> >>     \new ChordNames \chordNames
> >>
> >>     \new FretBoards \chordNames
> >>
> >>     \new Staff \melody
> >>
> >>     \addlyrics \verse
> >>
> >>     \new TabStaff \melody
> >>
> >>   >>
> >>
> >> }
> >
> >
>
> Like the following?
>
> (misclicked, continuing)
>
> \version "2.18.0"
>
> \include "predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly"
>
> \storePredefinedDiagram #default-fret-table \chordmode { ees':maj7 }
>                         #guitar-tuning
>                         % using a list like for 'fret-diagram-verbose'
>                         #'((mute 6)
>                            (mute 5)
>                            (place-fret 4 13)
>                            (place-fret 3 12)
>                            (place-fret 2 11)
>                            (place-fret 1 10)
>                            )
>
> chordNames = \chordmode {
>     c1:m7
>     ees1:maj7
>     %% maybe uncomment:
>     % \once \omit ChordName
>     ees':maj7
> }
>
> melody = \relative c' { c2 f4 bes,4 ees aes, des ges, ees'1 }
>
> verse = \lyricmode { I met a fair young mai -- den. ":)" }
>
>
> \score {
>
>   <<
>
>     \new ChordNames \chordNames
>     \new Staff \new Voice = "m" \melody
>     \new TabStaff \melody
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "m" \verse
>     \new FretBoards \chordNames
>
>   >>
>
> }
>
> HTH,
>   Harm
>
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