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The fretplot package

Author and maintainer: Soumendra Ganguly Copyright 2025– Soumendra Ganguly


The fretplot Lua package provides batch generation of scale and chord diagrams for plucked string instruments, such as the guitar.

  • Flexible & Automated: Highly customizable and automatable via simple, powerful file formats for describing fretboard diagrams. Easily generate batches of diagrams.
  • Attractive Defaults: Comes with sensible, visually appealing default settings.
  • Music Theory Aware: Includes easy-to-use macros that understand music theory. Render guitar scale diagrams by specifying the musical scale or scale type via built in macros or directly via degree, pitch class, or interval formulae.

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fretplot – Create scale and chord diagrams for guitar-like instruments

This Lua package provides batch generation of scale and chord diagrams for plucked string instruments, such as the guitar.

  • Flexible and Automated: Highly customizable and automatable via simple, powerful file formats for describing fretboard diagrams. Easily generate batches of diagrams.
  • Attractive Defaults: Comes with sensible, visually appealing default settings.
  • Music Theory Aware: Includes easy-to-use macros that understand music theory. Render guitar scale diagrams by specifying the musical scale or scale type via built-in macros or directly via degree, pitch class, or interval formulae.

Packagefretplot
Bug trackerhttps://github.com/8vasu/fretplot/issues
Repositoryhttps://github.com/8vasu/fretplot
Version0.0.1 2025-09-09
LicensesThe Project Public License 1.3
Copyright2025 Soumendra Ganguly
MaintainerSoumendra Ganguly
Contained inTeX Live as fretplot
TopicsPGF TikZ
Diagrams
Graphics
Music
Lua
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