Documentation/snippets/guitar-slides.ly


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% DO NOT EDIT this file manually; it is automatically
% generated from Documentation/snippets/new
% Make any changes in Documentation/snippets/new/
% and then run scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
%
% This file is in the public domain.
%% Note: this file works from version 2.15.10
\version "2.15.10"

\header {
  lsrtags = "fretted-strings"

  texidoc = "
Unlike glissandos, slides may go from an imprecise point of the
fretboard to a specific fret. A good way to do that is to add a grace
hidden note before the note which is actually played, as demonstrated
in the following example.
"
  doctitle = "Guitar slides"
} % begin verbatim


%% Hide fret number: useful to draw slide into/from a casual point of
%% the fretboard.
hideFretNumber = {
  \once \override TabNoteHead #'transparent = ##t
  \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t
  \once \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
  \once \override Flag #'transparent = ##t
  \once \override NoteHead #'no-ledgers = ##t
  \once \override Glissando #'(bound-details left padding) = #0.3
}

music= \relative c' {
  \grace { \hideFretNumber d8\2 \glissando s2 } g2\2
  \grace { \hideFretNumber g8\2 \glissando s2 } d2 |

  \grace { \hideFretNumber c,8 \glissando s } f4\5^\markup \tiny { Slide into }
  \grace { \hideFretNumber f8 \glissando s } a4\4
  \grace { \hideFretNumber e'8\3 \glissando s } b4\3^\markup \tiny { Slide from }
  \grace { \hideFretNumber b'8 \glissando s2 } g4 |
}

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff {
      \clef "G_8"
      \music
    }
    \new TabStaff {
      \music
    }
  >>
}