Francisco Vila wrote Saturday, October 03, 2009 12:01 AM
Hello, would this kind of ancient tablatures very difficult to do? http://www.mateus-lutes.com/tablature/
I don't know, but it is very beautiful, isn't it! It is Baroque Lute TAB (in the French, German, English style). My lute contact (step-son) tells me it's typeset using Fronimo: http://www.theaterofmusic.com/fronimo/ (windows only, I'm afraid) For interest, he also says how to read it: The symbols above the staff are the note values, minim, crochet etc..., the letters on the strings are fret numbers (the sequence from a - open string - is: a, b, r , d, e, f, g, h, j, k, l, m). The comma after a letter indicates decoration (different depending on the composer). The dots, single & double indicate the finger on the right hand that plucks the string. The staff indicates the first 6 strings and the basses are indicated below the staff as follows in descending order: a a/ a// a/// 4 5 6 There's a lot more information and another lute tab typesetter at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/AboutTab.html Trevor _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
