Re: mandolin chords malefunction?

[David Kastrup]

BB <address@hidden> writes:

> With the code I always get a 6 string chord table! And the notes are
> a-c-e-g from low to high, that is wrong for mandolin with "o;o;o;o;"
> as well! The normal mandolin tuning is g-d-a-e low to high!
>
> (I know that for am7 I need another pattern, I have set "o;o;o;o;"
> just ti fix the problem.)
>
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
>
> Regards bb
>
>
> \version "2.18.0"
>
>
> %\include "predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly"
>
> \include "predefined-mandolin-fretboards.ly"
>
>
> %\storePredefinedDiagram
>
> %#default-fret-table
>
> \chordmode {a:m7}
>
> %#guitar-tuning
>
> %#"5;x;5;5;5;x;"
>
> #mandolin-tuning
>
> #"o;o;o;o;"

[...]

Perhaps you first want to reduce this chaotic mixture of outcommented
lines and non-commented lines into something that you actually expect to
do what you want?

It is very hard from that kind of mashup to figure out what you intend
to be doing.  With the current source, there is nothing in here telling
LilyPond that you want to be using a mandolin tuning.

The predefined mandolin fretboards are loaded, so _if_ you selected a
mandolin tuning in some manner, they might get used.  But something like

#mandolin-tuning

in the middle of nowhere will not get this selected.

-- 
David Kastrup