Lemzwerg at 21:12, 14 December 2025

2025-12-14T21:12:23Z

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	This snippet shows many possibilities for obtaining and tweaking fret diagrams.		This snippet shows many possibilities for obtaining and tweaking fret diagrams.

	<lilypond version="2.24" ~~full~~>		<lilypond version="2.24">
	<<		<<
	\chords {		\chords {
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	\paper {		\paper {
	~~tagline = ##f~~
	ragged-right = ##t		ragged-right = ##t
	~~indent = 0~~
	system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 20		system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 20
	}		}
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	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

	~~[[Category:Fretted strings]]~~
	[[Category:Fretted strings]]		[[Category:Fretted strings]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:23:30Z

New category

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	[[Category:Fretted strings]]		[[Category:Fretted strings]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:53, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:53:31Z

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	[[Category:Fretted strings]]		[[Category:Fretted strings]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:49:04Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:49, 16 November 2025
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	This snippet shows many possibilities for obtaining and tweaking fret diagrams.		This snippet shows many possibilities for obtaining and tweaking fret diagrams.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	<<		<<
	\chords {		\chords {

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:38:48Z

Import snippet from LSR

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This snippet shows many possibilities for obtaining and tweaking fret diagrams.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
<<
\chords {
a1 a \bar "||" \break
\repeat unfold 3 {
c c c d d \bar "||" \break
}
}

\new Voice {
% Set global properties of fret diagram
\override TextScript.size = 1.2
\override TextScript.fret-diagram-details
.finger-code = #'below-string
\override TextScript.fret-diagram-details
.dot-color = #'black

% 1
%
% A chord for ukulele.
a'1^\markup
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((string-count . 4)
(dot-color . white)
(finger-code . in-dot)))
\fret-diagram "4-2-2;3-1-1;2-o;1-o;"

% 2
%
% A chord for ukulele, with formatting defined in definition
% string: 1.2 * size, 4 strings, 4 frets, fingerings below,
% string dot radius .35 of fret spacing, dot position 0.55 of
% fret spacing.
a'1^\markup
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((dot-color . white)
(open-string . "o")))
\fret-diagram
"s:1.2;w:4;h:3;f:2;d:0.35;p:0.55;4-2-2;3-1-1;2-o;1-o;"

%%
%% These chords will be in normal orientation
%%

% 3
%
% C major for guitar, barred on third fret: verbose style,
% roman fret label, finger labels below string, straight barre.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . roman-lower)
(finger-code . below-string)
(barre-type . straight)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(place-fret 5 3 1)
(place-fret 4 5 2)
(place-fret 3 5 3)
(place-fret 2 5 4)
(place-fret 1 3 1)
(barre 5 1 3))

% 4
%
% C major for guitar, barred on third fret: double barre used
% to test barre function, verbose style.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . arabic)
(dot-label-font-mag . 0.9)
(finger-code . in-dot)
(fret-label-font-mag . 0.6)
(fret-label-vertical-offset . 0)
(label-dir . -1)
(mute-string . "M")
(xo-font-magnification . 0.4)
(xo-padding . 0.3)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(place-fret 5 3 1)
(place-fret 4 5 2)
(place-fret 3 5 3)
(place-fret 2 5 4)
(place-fret 1 3 1)
(barre 4 2 5)
(barre 5 1 3))

% 5
%
% C major for guitar, with capo on third fret: verbose style.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . roman-upper)
(dot-label-font-mag . 0.9)
(finger-code . none)
(fret-label-vertical-offset . 0.5)
(xo-font-magnification . 0.4)
(xo-padding . 0.3)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(capo 3)
(open 5)
(place-fret 4 5 1)
(place-fret 3 5 2)
(place-fret 2 5 3)
(open 1))

% 6
%
% Simple D chord.
d'1^\markup
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((finger-code . below-string)
(dot-radius . 0.35)
(string-thickness-factor . 0.3)
(dot-position . 0.5)
(fret-count . 3)))
\fret-diagram-terse "x;x;o;2-1;3-2;2-3;"

% 7
%
% Simple D chord, large top fret thickness.
d'1^\markup
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((finger-code . below-string)
(dot-radius . 0.35)
(dot-position . 0.5)
(top-fret-thickness . 7)
(fret-count . 3)))
\fret-diagram-terse "x;x;o;2-1;3-2;2-3;"

%%
%% These chords will be in landscape orientation
%%
\override TextScript.fret-diagram-details
.orientation = #'landscape

% 8
%
% C major for guitar, barred on third fret: verbose style,
% roman fret label, finger labels below string, straight
% barre.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . roman-lower)
(finger-code . below-string)
(barre-type . straight)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(place-fret 5 3 1)
(place-fret 4 5 2)
(place-fret 3 5 3)
(place-fret 2 5 4)
(place-fret 1 3 1)
(barre 5 1 3))

% 9
%
% C major for guitar, barred on third fret: Double barre
% used to test barre function, verbose style.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . arabic)
(dot-label-font-mag . 0.9)
(finger-code . in-dot)
(fret-label-font-mag . 0.6)
(fret-label-vertical-offset . 0)
(label-dir . -1)
(mute-string . "M")
(xo-font-magnification . 0.4)
(xo-padding . 0.3)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(place-fret 5 3 1)
(place-fret 4 5 2)
(place-fret 3 5 3)
(place-fret 2 5 4)
(place-fret 1 3 1)
(barre 4 2 5)
(barre 5 1 3))

% 10
%
% C major for guitar, with capo on third fret: verbose style.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . roman-upper)
(dot-label-font-mag . 0.9)
(finger-code . none)
(fret-label-vertical-offset . 0.5)
(xo-font-magnification . 0.4)
(xo-padding . 0.3)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(capo 3)
(open 5)
(place-fret 4 5 1)
(place-fret 3 5 2)
(place-fret 2 5 3)
(open 1))

% 11
%
% Simple D chord.
d'1^\markup
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((finger-code . below-string)
(dot-radius . 0.35)
(dot-position . 0.5)
(fret-count . 3)))
\fret-diagram-terse "x;x;o;2-1;3-2;2-3;"

% 12
%
% Simple D chord, large top fret thickness.
d'1^\markup
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((finger-code . below-string)
(dot-radius . 0.35)
(dot-position . 0.5)
(top-fret-thickness . 7)
(fret-count . 3)))
\fret-diagram-terse "x;x;o;2-1;3-2;2-3;"

%%
%% These chords will be in opposing-landscape orientation.
%%
\override TextScript.fret-diagram-details
.orientation = #'opposing-landscape

% 13
%
% C major for guitar, barred on third fret: verbose style,
% roman fret label, finger labels below string, straight
% barre.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . roman-lower)
(finger-code . below-string)
(barre-type . straight)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(place-fret 5 3 1)
(place-fret 4 5 2)
(place-fret 3 5 3)
(place-fret 2 5 4)
(place-fret 1 3 1)
(barre 5 1 3))

% 14
%
% C major for guitar, barred on third fret: double barre
% used to test barre function, verbose style.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . arabic)
(dot-label-font-mag . 0.9)
(finger-code . in-dot)
(fret-label-font-mag . 0.6)
(fret-label-vertical-offset . 0)
(label-dir . -1)
(mute-string . "M")
(xo-font-magnification . 0.4)
(xo-padding . 0.3)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(place-fret 5 3 1)
(place-fret 4 5 2)
(place-fret 3 5 3)
(place-fret 2 5 4)
(place-fret 1 3 1)
(barre 4 2 5)
(barre 5 1 3))

% 15
%
% C major for guitar, with capo on third fret: verbose style.
c'1^\markup
% 110% of default size
\override #'(size . 1.1)
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((number-type . roman-upper)
(dot-label-font-mag . 0.9)
(finger-code . none)
(fret-label-vertical-offset . 0.5)
(xo-font-magnification . 0.4)
(xo-padding . 0.3)))
\fret-diagram-verbose #'((mute 6)
(capo 3)
(open 5)
(place-fret 4 5 1)
(place-fret 3 5 2)
(place-fret 2 5 3)
(open 1))

% 16
%
% Simple D chord.
d'1^\markup
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((finger-code . below-string)
(dot-radius . 0.35)
(dot-position . 0.5)
(fret-count . 3)))
\fret-diagram-terse "x;x;o;2-1;3-2;2-3;"

% 17
%
% Simple D chord, large top fret thickness.
d'1^\markup
\override #'(fret-diagram-details
. ((finger-code . below-string)
(dot-radius . 0.35)
(dot-position . 0.5)
(top-fret-thickness . 7)
(fret-count . 3)))
\fret-diagram-terse "x;x;o;2-1;3-2;2-3;"
}
>>

\paper {
tagline = ##f
ragged-right = ##t
indent = 0
system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 20
}

\layout {
\context {
\Score
\override SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = 3
}
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Fretted strings]]
[[Category:Fretted strings]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]

Fret diagrams explained and developed - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 21:12, 14 December 2025

Lemzwerg: New category

Lemzwerg at 22:53, 21 November 2025

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR