Re: \set TabStaff.minimumFret Fails

[Tim McNamara]

I almost never use open strings even with first position chords when playing 
jazz.  There are a few Jim Hall-ish situations that are exceptions to this.

On Apr 22, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Peter Crighton <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2013/4/22 Federico Bruni <address@hidden>:
>> 2013/4/22 David Kastrup <address@hidden>
>>> 
>>> Kale Good <address@hidden> writes:
>>> 
>>>> \set TabStaff.minimumFret Fails on open strings.
>>>> 
>>>> On Ubuntu 12.04, Lilypond 2.16.2. Running lilypond through
>>>> lilypondtool.
>>>> 
>>>> \new TabStaff \relative c {
>>>> \set TabStaff.minimumFret = #5
>>>> c16 d e f g4
>>>> }
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <URL:http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings#index-restrainOpenStrings>
>>> 
>>> "Even when minimumFret is set, open strings are used whenever
>>> possible. This behaviour can be changed by setting restrainOpenStrings
>>> to #t."
>> 
>> 
>> This question may confirm my idea that people don't expect to have open
>> strings by default when setting minimumFret:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2013-01/msg00033.html
> 
> I was also very surprised to see that option being the default. It
> might be more useful in classical guitar music, I don’t know about
> that. But in rock/pop/jazz music I almost never would use open strings
> when playing in higher frets.
> 
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