Am 22.12.2010 03:43, schrieb Carl Sorensen:
On 12/21/10 7:26 PM, "Marc Mouries" <m...@mouries.net> wrote:
On Dec 21, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be the number of semitones above middle C for
each
open string, starting with the highest string.
Wow, that's really not self-explanatory but i get why it's needed.
However
I'll have one less argument when my friend tell me that Lilypond is too
complicated.
Why not allow people to define tuning with notes, like:
violinTuning = #'(e' a d g)
guitarTuning= #'(e b g d a e,,)
Well, the short (and dumb) answer is because the notes e' a d g etc. are
lilypond input music expressions, and the string tuning needs to be a
Scheme
list.
The next longer answer is probably "because nobody ever thought of it".
Not quite ;-)
http://lilypond-s-support-for-tablatures.3383434.n2.nabble.com/TAB-guide-tp5813587p5818252.html
and then have an internal function would compute the distance to from
and to
the middle C?
The final answer is that it will be quite easy to to create a music
function
that creates a string tuning object. How would this syntax be?
\makeStringTuning #'violinTuning {e' a d g}
If this sounds good, I'll have it done in the next day or so.
Sounds very promising indeed! As Patrick mentioned in his tablature test
file,
a tablature key (i.e. string labels indicating the pitch) would be a
useful enhancement.
I didn't dig very deep, but how complicated would it be to allow note
names for
string tunings?
For standard situations, the music function \makeStringTuning will work,
and we could save the
note names for later use within a tabKey. On the other hand, if the
tuning is given in the
numeric way, the corresponding note names (at least with some tunings)
will be not unambiguous.
So IMHO, while the latter solution will be easier to implement, the
former proposal
is more extensible for the future.
Just my 2ct
Regards,
Marc
Thanks for the idea!
Carl
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