On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote:
> On 11/24/10 7:51 AM, "Steve Yegge" <steve.ye...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > After reading Marc's responses I think I see where I may have > > sewn some confusion. I have conventional string numbers in the > > non-tab staff, since my audience is partly classical guitarists who > > cannot (or do not) read tab. So the information I'm providing is > > redundant -- it's for two separate audiences. At some point I'll > > be looking into compiling them separately, but for now I show > > both staffs on each page. > > > > So I can't just turn off string numbers as a workaround for this issue. > > > > I'm looking into this issue. The patch may be relatively simple to > implement. > > I'm currently thinking of a context property defaultStrings that would > specify the strings to be used in calculating a tab when no string > information is given for a particular note or chord. > > This sounds very nice. > I'm also using a fingering of 0 to be an open string. > > I'm thinking that the fingering of 0 should not show up as a fingering > anywhere. If that is not correct, where should a fingering of 0 be > displayed? > As far as I know, the number 0 is used by convention in both guitar and violin music to indicate an open string. It's in the same font and positioned using the same rules as fingers 1 through 4 -- at least it is in the music I've looked at recently. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question, though? -steve > > Thanks, > > Carl > > >
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