Re: Fretboard diagrams: Why does LilyPond sometimes try to interpret ":7" as a duration?

[David Kastrup]

Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 5:56 PM Aaron Hill <lilypond@hillvisions.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2022-07-25 1:56 pm, Kevin Cole wrote:
>> >> frets = \chordmode { f4 c4:7 g4:7 c4 bf4 d4:m }
>>             ^^^^^^^^^^
>> Input is in chord mode.  Modifiers like :m and :7 work.
>>
>> >> frets = { g4 c4 a4 d4:7 }
>>            ^
>> Missing \chordmode.  :7 indicates a tremolo with an invalid duration.
>
> Oops. I stared at it for half an hour and missed the typo completely.
> Embarrassing. I'll blame it on sleepiness.

Frankly, we already had a discussion about how to make the default
\notemode a unified note/chord mode, long long ago.  Tremolo input
notation is what is the main detraction here.

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David Kastrup