Re: [Denemo-devel] Capo for Guitar Chords

[Joe Wilkinson]

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!

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