Re: setting fretboard diagrams at the top of the page

[Carl Sorensen]

Hi Evan,

Welcome to LilyPond!

On 1/15/19, 11:10 AM, "Evan Levine" <address@hidden> wrote:

    Good afternoon! I've got a few things I'm brewing right now, but the 
    most pressing is that I'm looking to set all of the chord diagrams for a 
    lead sheet at the top of the page under the title, and modify the 
    spacing of the diagrams to be centered on the page and have padding 
    between each diagram.

The key here, in my opinion, is to set the fret diagrams as markups, rather 
than as music.   
    
    Thanks so much! Here's my code:
    
Great job on providing a small example!  That was helpful to see what you 
intended.

The only problem with the example is that it wouldn't completely compile, 
because the music and lyrics were missing.  It's much easier if you provide 
those.

    
    Please forgive me for any oversight of the protocol here, as this is my 
    first interaction with the mailing list.

The only oversight I see is that you put your mail at the top of another 
unrelated post.  Please don't post your reply to the top of a full post, and 
when you start a new thread, don't do it by replying to a previous post.  

With that said, here's how I'd attack your problem.  I've created some markup 
functions to allow you to have control over size, spacing, etc.

%%%% Beginning of sample code

\version "2.19.82"

\header {
  title = "Steven Universe Theme"
  composer = "Rebecca Sugar, Aivi & Surasshu"
  tagline = ##t
}

#(define chord-name-fontsize 6)
#(define name-fretboard-separation .75)
#(define different-separation 8)
#(define same-separation 2)
#(define or-vspace 1.75)

#(define fret-formatting "s:2.2;w:4;h:3;d:0.37;f:1;")

#(define c-fret "4-x;3-4-2;2-3-2;1-x;")
#(define e-one-fret "c:4-2-4;4-4-3;3-4-3;2-4-3;1-x;")
#(define e-two-fret "4-x;3-4-2;2-4-3;1-2-1;")
#(define f-fret "4-x;3-5-2;2-5-3;1-3-1;")
#(define fm-fret "4-x;3-5-2;2-4-3;1-3-1;")

#(define-markup-command  (chord-name-markup layout props chord-name) 
   (markup?)
   "Display a chord name in the desired formatting"
   (interpret-markup layout props 
    #{ \markup \sans \fontsize #chord-name-fontsize $chord-name #} ))

#(define-markup-command (name-and-fret-markup layout props chord-name 
fret-diagram)
   (markup? markup?)
   "Display a chord name and fretboard as stacked markups separated by 
name-fretboard-separation"
   (interpret-markup layout props
     #{ \markup \center-column {
                          \chord-name-markup $chord-name
                          \vspace #name-fretboard-separation
                          $fret-diagram
        }
     #}))
  
 #(define-markup-command (or-markup layout props or-text)
   (markup?)
   "Display a separator between alternative fretboards"
   (interpret-markup layout props
     #{ \markup \center-column {
                          \vspace #or-vspace
                          \chord-name-markup $or-text
        }
     #}))
      
\markup \line {
  \name-and-fret-markup "C"  \fret-diagram #(string-append fret-formatting 
c-fret)
  \hspace #different-separation
  \center-column {
    \name-and-fret-markup "E" \line {
      \fret-diagram #(string-append fret-formatting e-one-fret)
      \hspace #same-separation
      \or-markup "or"
      \hspace #same-separation
      \fret-diagram#(string-append fret-formatting e-two-fret)
      \hspace #same-separation
      \or-markup "or"
      \hspace #same-separation
      \fret-diagram#(string-append fret-formatting e-two-fret)
    }
  }
  \hspace #different-separation
  \name-and-fret-markup "F"  \fret-diagram #(string-append fret-formatting 
f-fret)
  \hspace #different-separation
  \center-column {
    \name-and-fret-markup "Fm"  \fret-diagram #(string-append fret-formatting 
fm-fret)
  } 

}


\score {
  <<
    \new ChordNames {
      c1 e f c f
    }
  \new Staff {
    \new Voice = "melody" {
    \repeat unfold 5 {c'4 d' e' f'}
    }
  }
    \new Lyrics {
      \lyricsto "melody" {
      \repeat unfold 5 {tra la la la }
      }
    }
  >>
}

%%%% end of sample code 

HTH,

Carl