I am about to transcribe a bunch of older Western folk music in lead sheet form for an open source tunebook. Am trying to create a robust template so I don't have to think too much about anything other than getting the notes, chords, and lyrics right. You can see it below, or rendered by the invaluable Lilybin at
http://lilybin.com/u6p5m8/8.
Can you tell me what's bad about this as a template? The lead sheets will contain chord names and guitar fretboard diagrams. Added a crucial (for me) section overriding the predefined guitar fretboard diagram for a chord. I also took too long to figure out how to get pickup notes in a format that seemed natural.
Thanks!
% Lead sheet with:
% - Guitar fretboard diagrams
% - Override a predefined fretboard diagram
% - Pickup note with text above it suppressed
% - Chord and other text suppressed above the pickup note
%%%% Please send critiques to tomcampbell@gmail.com
\version "2.18.2"
\include "predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly"
% Override predefined fretboard for e minor.
% This just adds a G to the first (highest) string.
% A little contrived but it's brief.
\storePredefinedDiagram #default-fret-table \chordmode { e:m }
#guitar-tuning
#"o;2-2;2-3;o;o;3-4;"
\header {
title = "Hit and Miss (Daphne)"
composer = "Trad."
}
theMelody = \relative c {
\clef treble
\key e \minor
\time 6/8
% Pickup note
\partial 8 e'8
% Verse melody (truncated for clarity)
g4 a8 b4 e8
d8. e16 fis8
e4 b16 c
}
theLyrics = \lyricmode {
When Daph -- ne from fair
Phoe -- bus did fly the --
}
theChords = \chordmode {
% Replace the N.C. that would appear over
% the pickup note
\set noChordSymbol = ""
\partial 8 r8
e2.:min
b4.:min
e4.:min
}
\score {
<<
\new ChordNames { \theChords }
\new FretBoards { \theChords }
\new Voice = "one" { \autoBeamOn \theMelody }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \theLyrics
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\layout { }
\midi { }
}