Re: b:7 chord in predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly

[Federico Bruni]

2013/12/24 Ralph Palmer <address@hidden>

> On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Federico Bruni <address@hidden>wrote:
>
>> I think that a user would expect to see the most commonly used chords,
>> i.e.
>> the chords in first position (without barré).
>> Shouldn't the b:7 be written explicitly instead of deriving it from the
>> bes:7 shape?
>>
>> \version "2.17.97"
>>
>> \storePredefinedDiagram #default-fret-table
>>                         \chordmode { b:7 }
>>                         #guitar-tuning
>>                         #"x;2-2;1-1;2-3;o;2-4;"
>>
>> myChords = \chordmode {
>>   b:7
>> }
>>
>> <<
>>   \new ChordNames { \myChords }
>>   \new FretBoards { \myChords }
>> >>
>
>
> Greetings, Federico. Are you asking for an enhancement?
>

Hi Ralph

no, I'm asking a change in the default behaviour of lilypond.
Any guitar player would expect the default chords to be displayed in first
position. LilyPond follows this principle for any chord except for b:7 and
I think that it's just an oversight.