If it's any use, I have created a lot of chord diagrams in a drawing program, which can easily be copied and pasted into a pdf using, for instance, the free Foxit Reader program. They can be resized and moved around easily...
I had a try with the documentation, but was struggling. I will persist.
I am not that fussed about putting the Chord diagrams into the music with the chord names - things can get cluttered. But it would be nice to have a list of those in use in the music at the top or bottom. Would it be best to put them in a separate movement?
Joe
On 14/06/2016 14:04, Richard Shann wrote: > On Mon, 2016-06-13 at 16:09 +0100, Joe Wilkinson wrote: >> Hi Richard, >> I am having a problem with Uke fret diagrams. >> The log file shows that there is no "string" for the 4th string. >> The problem being, I guess that a Uke is tuned g-above-midC, midC, >> e_above_midC and a-above-midC, in so-called re-entrant tuning. >> this would provide ambiguities in many chords, since 2nd fret of string >> 4 has the same tone as open string 1. >> >> I thought I could get round this by pretending that the Uke was tuned >> with its bottom string g-below-midC - see denemo file attached. >> But the typesetter seems to know that the uke doesn't go that low! >> I looked in the denempprintB.ly file and it has \include >> "predefined-ukulele-fretboards.ly" >> Ive looked in "predefined-ukulele-fretboards.ly" and it looks as if it >> has the chord shapes already defined. >> Have you any idea how they can be actioned? > This isn't something I've investigated, but I just had a look at the > LilyPond documentation at > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings#predefined-fret-diagrams > > and I cooked up the following by mashing together bits of the examples: > > \include "predefined-ukulele-fretboards.ly" > > myChords = { < c' f'>1 > < b' g'>1 } > > \new FretBoards { > \set Staff.stringTunings = #ukulele-tuning > \myChords > } > > which is something you could generate via Denemo. But how this relates > to the chord shapes defined I don't know - it would need some > experimentation to find out if certain patterns of notes in the chords > would prompt the emission of some particular pre-defined chord shape - > that is what I would guess would happen. > >> Or have I missed something? > No, it's just unexplored territory for Denemo. Best would be to take > that example above and put in some realistic notes and see if it springs > into life. If not, post it to the address@hidden list as there > are real enthusiasts there who will be keen to help. (Most of the > examples enter the chords in something called "chordmode" which does > have a life inside Denemo, but wouldn't be so convenient to use). > > Richard > > >