> Are you able to provide a link to the source score? If it shows both > the tablature as well as standard notation, it should be pretty easy to > verify the intended tuning.
A newer MWE plus images that illustrate my question... a bit: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \version "2.24.2" \language "english" riff = \relative { \time 5/4 \clef "bass_8" % I assume from examples that's right. c8[ g8] r8 c,8 ds8[ g8] f4 f'8 r8 } \score { \new Staff << \new Voice \with { \omit StringNumber } \riff \new TabStaff \with { stringTunings = #bass-tuning } \riff >> } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% original.png is what I'm copying from and mwe.png is what the above produces. NOTE: I've changed mandolin-tuning back to bass-tuning.