Re: Drop D tuning

[Brett McCoy]

That's an interesting way to do it.

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Nick Payne <address@hidden> wrote:
> And for a piece like Koyunbaba, where five of the six strings are retuned,
> something like this:
>
> %======================
> \version "2.13.11"
>
> \include "english.ly"
>
> \pointAndClickOff
>
> actual = \markup {
>    \lower #1.9
>    \score {
>        \new Staff \with {
>            \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>        } {
>            \set Staff.instrumentName= \markup \huge "(actual) "
>            \clef "treble_8" \cadenzaOn
>            \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> <d, a, d a d' f'>4 s \bar "dashed"
>        }
>        \layout {
>            ragged-right = ##t
>            indent = 1\cm
>        }
>    }
>    \hspace #.5
> }
>
> scordatura = \markup {
>    \lower #2.4
>    \score {
>        \new Staff \with {
>            \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>        } {
>            \set Staff.instrumentName= \markup \tiny "(scordatura)  "
>            \clef "treble_8" \cadenzaOn
>            \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> <d, a, d g b e'>4 s \bar "dashed"
>        }
>        \layout {
>            ragged-right = ##t
>            indent = 1\cm
>        }
>    }
>    \hspace #.5
> }
>
> actualnotes = \relative c {
>    \clef "treble_8"
>    d,8( f) bf d <a' d>4
> }
>
> scordaturanotes = \relative c {
>    \clef "treble_8"
>    d,8( f-3) bf-1 d-0 <g-0 b!-0>4
> }
>
> \score {
> <<
>        \new Staff <<
>            \set Staff.instrumentName = \actual
>            \new Voice \actualnotes
>>>
>        \new Staff <<
>            \set Staff.instrumentName = \scordatura
>            \new Voice \scordaturanotes
>>>
>>>
>    \layout {
>        ragged-right = ##t
>        indent = 5\cm
>        \context {
>            \Staff
>            \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>        }
>    }
> }
> %======================
>
> Nick
>
> On 04/02/10 07:32, Brett McCoy wrote:
>>
>> That looks nice, too. In many guitar books, though, I see it placed at
>> the top, especially if other strings need to be downtuned also, like a
>> lot of metal guitarists do.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Nick Payne<address@hidden>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I prefer to have the indication just to the left of the first stave, and
>>> for
>>> this I set the instrument name, as it automatically gets placed
>>> correctly:
>>>
>>> \relative c' {
>>>    \clef "treble_8"
>>>    \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \bold { \circle {6} "= D " }
>>>    c1
>>> }
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> On 04/02/10 06:28, Brett McCoy wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a score where I need to indicate Drop D tuning for the guitar
>>>> (6th string is tuned down to D). The typical way this is indicated in
>>>> guitar music is a (6) = D (circle with a 6 in it = D), placed at the
>>>> top left of page 1 under the title, but above a tempo mark. I am
>>>> relatively new to Lilypond and am unsure how to do this... any
>>>> suggestions?
>>>>
>
>



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