Editing Tab clef with strings labeled

This snippet overrides the stencil for the Tab clef to include the string names. Useful for creating tabs for beginner guitarists or for tabs where a non-standard tuning is used. You can select the classic tab clef or the modern tab clef.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
myTabclef =
#(define-music-function () ()
   #{
      \override Staff.Clef.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
      \override Staff.Clef.text = \markup {
        \vcenter
          \fontsize #-4
          \override #'(baseline-skip . 1.5)
          \center-column 
          \sans \bold \whiteout { E B G D A E }

        % Select classic or modern TAB; comment out the one you don't
        % want to use.

        % music glyph version
        \vcenter \musicglyph "clefs.tab"

        % modern tab version
        % \vcenter
        %   \fontsize #2 
        %   \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.4)
        %   \center-column
        %   \sans \bold { T A B }
     }
   #})


classicalGuitar =  {
  \time 4/4
  c'4 d' e' f'
}


\new StaffGroup <<
  \new Staff {
    \clef "treble_8"
    \classicalGuitar
  }
  \new TabStaff \with {
    \myTabclef
    stringTunings = #guitar-tuning
  } \classicalGuitar
>>
</lilypond>

[[Category:Fretted strings]]