Re: fretted string chord notation

2010-02-10 Thread Marc Hohl
Gerry Prosser schrieb: How can I enter text such as 'Capo 1' to the beginning of a line of chord names , please ? I often misuse the header for this purpose: \header { piece = Capo I } HTH, Marc Gerry Prosser ___ lilypond-user mailing

Re: fretted string chord notation

2010-02-10 Thread Marc Hohl
Gerry Prosser schrieb: (cc'ing to list) Thanks, Marc, that's one way; but sometimes there are alternative lines of chords 8-( Another way would be to put it as markup in the notes, raised until it lines up with the printed cholds. But encapsulation principles indicate that Capo settings

Re: fretted string chord notation

2010-02-10 Thread Robin Bannister
Gerry Prosser wrote: Capo settings really should be with the chords. You could do this with (the simple version of) besideCN: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2009-03/msg00052.html (mangled by the archives as usual) Cheers, Robin

Re: fretted string chord notation

2010-02-10 Thread Gerry Prosser
Thanks, Robin; that seems to work pretty well, especially if there is a chord on the first note. If not, then I have to specify a rest rather than a skip, which of course results in the dreaded N/C. But I can tipex that 8-) On 10 February 2010 10:09, Robin Bannister r...@dataway.ch wrote: Gerry

Re: fretted string chord notation

2010-02-10 Thread Robin Bannister
Gerry Prosser wrote: the dreaded N/C. But I can tipex that Or say \once \set noChordSymbol = Cheers, Robin ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: fretted string chord notation

2010-02-10 Thread Robin Bannister
I wrote: \once \set noChordSymbol = Sorry, that typo makes it end up like skip. You need at least one blank in the string: \once \set noChordSymbol = Cheers, Robin ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

fretted string chord notation

2010-02-09 Thread Gerry Prosser
How can I enter text such as 'Capo 1' to the beginning of a line of chord names , please ? Gerry Prosser ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user