Re: Position fingerings for diatonic accordion that include button name (not just finger)

[David Kastrup]

Mojca Miklavec <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm relatively new to lilypond (and new to diatonic accordion).

Slovenia is a nice area to be in for diatonic accordion, though.

> I would eventually like to add more automation to write scores for
> accordion, but I need to start somewhere where I can at least get the
> desired output.

The automation currently available for diatonic accordion sucks (not
even sucks and blows).

There is a quasi-ancient example in the manual at
<URL:http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/templates#templates-score-for-diatonic-accordion>.
The input to use with that template is dissatisfactory, but you were
asking about the output first.  And while Guile/Scheme is not the same
as Lua, it's certainly a good tool to program input transformations in.

> Here's an example[1] of the type of scores I would want to typeset (except
> that these only mention the button name without the finger number):

Your example is not present in the plain text rendition of the mail,
consequently few people on the list will see it.  Try doing a proper
Mime attachment, preferably as an in-line part.  In general, avoid HTML
mails to the list: many people will not be able to read them and the
list archives will usually not archive them well.

I'd have extracted the image for the sake of other readers but cannot
really figure out how to do this from in-buffer rendered HTML inside of
Emacs.

If you are willing to invest some time (and prod the list for help for
individual problems: there are a lot of very helpful people and capable
around here) I am pretty sure that LilyPond can get a lot better for
diatonics than it is now.  I never got around to investing more time
here myself (and play exclusively chromatic button accordion these
days), but there is quite a lot of potential for good return on moderate
investment of time.

As an initial keyword to look for: you'll want to go with a ChordNames
context or Lyrics for aligned material I think.  I'd suggest taking a
look at the example in the manual I gave first and see whether its
approach is suitable for adapting to your needs.

Nice to see you here!

David

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David Kastrup