[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Wednesday 17 September 2003 12:31 pm, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > > A question for the string players out there: would it make sense to > > make separate Tab contexts for different instruments, i.e. > > > > \context GuitarTab > > AFAIK they all read the same way. Normally the bottom line is the low note, > and the top line is the high note. However, anything is possible, and there > might be some instruments for which the opposite is the norm. > > The spectrum of stringed, fretted instruments is extremely complex. I think > that while it would make more work for users setting things up initially and > getting the hang of how to get the results they want, the easiest thing for > you to implement, and the most flexible system overall would be a simple > facility for specifying the number of strings and the pitches to which they > should be tuned.
We have had those possibilities for over a year now (IIRC) - The point is: not only do we want flexible facilities, we also want sensible defaults. Right now, the only default is the chromatic 6 string guitar. What other defaults should we provide? -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ Lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
