I'm writing a song with a banjo accompaniment. The melody line is relative and 
comes out correct. The banjo line, since it jumps all over the strings, I 
write in absolute notation, but Lily writes it as relative and goes all the 
way up to the 64th fret. How do I fix this?

phma
\paper {
  indent = 0\mm
  bottommargin=12\mm
}
\header
{ title="Ton-y-Botel"
  composer="T. J. Williams"
  }
\version "2.6.3"
melody=
{ e2 \times 2/3 { e4 fis g } fis2 e | fis \times 2/3 { fis4 g a } g4. fis8 e2 }
bass=
{ e2 \times 2/3 { e4 d c } b2 e | b \times 2/3 { b4 cis dis } e2 e }
chord=
{ \chordmode { e2:m e:m b e:m | b b e:m e:m } }
banjo=
{ \times 2/3 { e4 b e' } \times 2/3 { g' e' b' } \times 2/3 { fis dis' fis' } 
e2 }
\score 
{ << 
  \new ChordNames
  { \set ChordNames.chordChanges=##t
    \chordmode { \chord }}
  \new ChoirStaff 
  { \relative <<
    \new Staff { \clef treble \key e \minor \new Voice { \relative c' \melody } 
}
    \new Staff { \clef bass \key e \minor \new Voice { \relative c \bass } }
    \new TabStaff 
    { \set TabStaff.tablatureFormat=#fret-number-tablature-format-banjo
      \set TabStaff.stringTunings=#banjo-open-g-tuning \banjo
%      \new Voice { \banjo }
      }
    >>
    }
  >>
  \layout {}
  \midi{}
  }
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