Tuning description at beginning of TabStaff

[Stefan E. Mueller]

Hi,

I am using Lilypond for writing guitar tablature, and sometimes open
or special tunings are used (e.g. DADGAD). I know how to specify the
tuning in Lilypond using  \stringTuning <d, a, d g a d'>, so the tablature
comes out nice and correct.

What I would like to know is whether it is possible to give the tuning
notes right before the first Tabstaff, vertically aligned to the tablature
lines. I tried accomplish this using "instrumentName", but it does not
align nicely:

\score
{
<<
\new TabStaff  \with {
\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
\override InstrumentName.font-size = #-1.5
instrumentName = \markup \right-column {
    "d" "b" "g" "D" "A" "D"
      }
  } {
     \set TabStaff.stringTunings = \stringTuning <d, a, d g a d'>
     {d,8\6 d'\2 d\4 d'\1  d,8\6 d'\2 d4\4 } }
> >
}

Any help is appreciated, many thanks -

        Stefan

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Stefan E. Mueller

stefan.e.mueller@gmx.de