Re: [feature request:] fret diagrams with fingering indications and additional text

[pls]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> 2015-11-01 19:55 GMT+01:00 pls <address@hidden>:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> currently it's possible to add fingering indications (any character) inside 
>> of dots or "below" the strings. (In my attachment in landscape orientation
>> it's rather to the right of the strings).  Now I would like to be able to 
>> not only use characters in dots but
>> also add additional text (any kind of character) at least to the right of 
>> the fret
>> diagram (in LilyPond-speak: "below the strings").  It would be nice to
>> also have the option to place the additional characters to the left of
>> the diagram (in LilyPond-speak: above the strings).  And here is an
>> example of how the result might look like:
>>
>>
>> (The fancy curved line at the right side of the diagram is not so
>> important.  Category: "nice to have".)
>>
>> And this is an example of how the future LilyPond syntax could look like:
>> <c g c' e' g'>1^\markup {
>>            \fret-diagram-verbose #'(
>>              (place-fret 6 3 1 red parenthesized default-paren-color "G 
>> (5th)")
>>              (place-fret 5 3 "bla" inverted "C (Root)")
>>              ...
>>            )
>>          }
>>
>> Does this request make sense?  Is anybody else interested in this
>> feature?
>>
>> Patrick
>
>
> Hi Patrick,
>
> I did some experiments, result attached.
>
> Please test. There is a README in it.
>
> Please be aware it's experimental code, not ready yet to put up a
> patch, although it compiles as far as I tested...
> (some debugging code is still present, most of it commented, though)
>
> There's also
> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Guitar-Fret-Diagram-scale-degree-below-string-td179664.html#a179789
> which may be of interest for you

Thank you so much for your code and your links!  (I was already aware of the
chords-with-scale-degrees link but I hadn't found a clever/user-friendly way to 
use it
in combination with predefined fretboards.)

I'll test your new solution
as soon as I can.

Thanks again,
Patrick