7.5.7 Other guitar issues

This example demonstrates how to include guitar position and barring indications.

     
     \clef "G_8"
     b16 d16 g16 b16 e16
     \textSpannerDown
     \override TextSpanner #'edge-text = #'("XII " . "")
       g16\startTextSpan
       b16 e16 g16 e16 b16 g16\stopTextSpan
     e16 b16 g16 d16

Stopped (X) note heads are used in guitar music to signal a place where the guitarist must play a certain note or chord, with its fingers just touching the strings instead of fully pressing them. This gives the sound a percussive noise-like sound that still maintains part of the original pitch. It is notated with cross noteheads; this is demonstrated in Special noteheads.