Thank you, Mark. There is also abctab2ps, which is very simple - you simply enter the tablature letters and note values, and the software does the rest. And it exists for Windows and Linux (probably for MacOS as well). You can see this at https://www.lautengesellschaft.de/cdmm/ It allows for several different tablature formats: rhythm notes with or without note-heads; letters or numbers for the fret positions; and placement on or between the lines. That being said, I'd still rather use Lilypond, for its flexibility, its power, and the excellence of its output.
On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 at 13:22, Mark Probert <probe...@gmail.com> wrote: > You may wish to consider the Windows application “Fronimo.” It is, > arguably, the primary choice of lutenists and those needing such features > as you require. > > The various forms of tablature are an arcane subject of their own and > whilst it is a pity LP doesn’t cover them particularly deeply, it is good > to know that an application like Fronimo exists. > > ..m. > > > On 7 Aug 2023, at 11:10, Alasdair McAndrew <amc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm not quite sure what the "why" refers to: but I'm attempting to > typeset some material from a 1607 publication, which in the original has > two tablature parts and one score part for each piece. I'm aiming to do > several things here: transcribe the publication so that it's easy to read > (so with tablature); create an edition entirely in modern score; and also > allow for playing by instruments at different pitches. The title page > announces that each piece could be "plaied 8, severall waies upon sundry > Instruments", and so I'm trying to make that facility available to the > modern player. > > > > Alasdair > > > > On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 at 00:11, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Alasdair McAndrew <amc...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Thank you very much indeed for your offer. I'll try to put something > > > together: currently my files are split up, so that all common > > > definitions are in one file, all music in another, and the layout in a > > > third file (which imports the others). I'll aim to make a simple > > > representative file which includes the lot! > > > > > > But as I said earlier the music is split into two definitions: one > > > contains the pitch information, and the other the rhythm. These are > > > then put together as I described in my first post. > > > > Why? > > > > -- > > David Kastrup > > > > > > -- > > Alasdair McAndrew (he/him) > > mob: 0432 854 858 > > > > https://numbersandshapes.net > > -- Alasdair McAndrew (he/him) mob: 0432 854 858 https://numbersandshapes.net
