Re: [Denemo-devel] Capo for Guitar Chords

[Richard Shann]

On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 17:30 +0100, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> I'd forgotten that you can drag Test in Printview. However, when I
> try 
> it it simply starts playing the music instead.
> I must be missing something!

yes, it changed when Playback View was introduced, a plain left button
press starts playing from the nearest note. You need a right click for
the menu. (A shift left click does positioning nowadays - what a plain
left click used to do)

Richard


> 
> Joe
> 
> On 01/10/2019 17:03, Richard Shann wrote:
> > On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 16:37 +0100, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> > > Hi Richard,
> > > I wondered if there might be a way of putting such as: Capo +3;
> > > G->
> > > Bb in the same line as the Guitar Chords, if using a Chord Chart
> > > Staff.
> > > As seen below the Capo instruction can appear on a separate line,
> > > if
> > > I add it as a Multiline Text item to the "Original" stave.
> > > AND where I am using the music as a template for Borrowed music
> > > in
> > > the clarinet line, it appears there too.
> > 
> > I just added some text to the first rest in staff 2 (OrignialNP) of
> > the
> > sample you sent and then dragged it to be level and before the
> > chords
> > in the Print View. (Right click on the text in the Print View and
> > choose Change Offset). A bit fiddly to get the position just right
> > -
> > zoom in first. See attached.
> > 
> > >   But with a non-printing voice added to the "Original" stave, I
> > > can
> > > clear that!
> > 
> > ???
> > > I can't find any documentation in the LilyPond help though such
> > > as
> > > "CAPO  +2:  A  D  E7  A over a line of music is very common.
> > 
> > I expect there would be some suggestions if you asked on lilypond-
> > user@
> > gnu.org
> > especially if it is something that is in any way a "normal"
> > thing...
> > 
> > Richard