string number problem

[Tom Cloyd]

I'm two days into Lilypond, and I'm totally delighted with my results.
This is a fantastic tool, period, and I'm very grateful to have access
to it.

Now, I'm having real problems with something which looks simple: string
number specifications. I'm a classical guitarist, and this is a critical
issue at times, in our scores.

Three hours into this problem, I've Googled the issue three times, and
have lost count of the number of resources I've consulted, and code
examples I've tried. None have come close to working, and I have no idea
why. This is the ONLY thing I've tried in Lilypond which has not worked.

My tools:
Kubuntu Linux 8.04.01
GNU LilyPond 2.10.33 (installed from the Adept package installer)

Here's a code snippet -

\relative c'{ <fis\4>8-1 [_(g-2) a-4]  b-1\3 [_(c-2) d-4]  e-1\2
[_(fis-3) g-4] | }

and here's the console output I get:

etude-no1-guitar.ly:124:34: warning: Ignoring grob for slur. avoid-slur
not set?
\relative c'{ <fis
                          \4>8-1 [_(g-2) a-4]  b-1\3 [_(c-2) d-4]
e-1\2 [_(fis-3) g-4] | }

This has pretty much been the result regardless of where I put the
string number designation.

Can anyone point out my error?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Tom

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