Re: Is there a way to set the midiInstrument for ChordNames with FretBoards?

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 27/05/2022 à 03:40, Kevin Cole a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I have a score with an outline shown below. I managed to get the vocal
> part doing "choir aahs", and the piano defaults to a piano instrument,
> but is there a way to have ChordNames / FretBoards do anything with
> "acoustic guitar (nylon)"?  Even if the playback isn't super accurate
> in terms of duration, it seems like, with the fretboards, it would be
> able to have a half-educated notion of which notes to sound.)



I don't understand the question. Isn't it the same as what
you already did with Staff?

\new ChordNames \with {
  midiInstrument = "acoustic guitar (nylon)"
} ...


> (And, is there a better way to set the "choir aahs" -- without
> changing the whole thing around too much? It somehow feels redundant
> to add "\new Staff" around the "\new Voice" since the staff was
> already showing without it, but I couldn't get the MIDI to sound
> without adding the "\new Staff".)

\new Staff is the normal way.

Best,
Jean