Am 26.06.2011 17:20, schrieb Stroller:
Hi there,
I'm new to making music and have no previous education in this matter. I
thought to use Lilypond to type up the handwritten tab that my guitar teacher
has given me.
I have a couple of questions, and I hope you will forgive me if they're stupid
ones.
Firstly, I think the following snippet prints fine. If not then it's my lack of
understanding musical notation that's failing, not Lilypond.
\version "2.14.1"
\new TabStaff {
\repeat percent 4 { a,\5 a,\5 c\5 d\5 }
\repeat percent 2 { d\4 d\4 f\4 g\4 }
\repeat percent 2 { a,\5 a,\5 c\5 d\5 }
\repeat percent 2 { e,\6 e,\6 g,\6 a,\6 }
\repeat percent 2 { a,\5 a,\5 c\5 d\5 }
}
Could I have expressed this better any other way? Is this a good way to write
tab with Lilypond?
You can omit all the string indicators by using
\set defaultStrings like this:
\version "2.14.1"
\new TabStaff {
\repeat percent 4 {
\set defaultStrings = #'(5)
a, a, c d
}
% and so on ...
}
Secondly, how do I express sharp or flat notes in Lilypond, please?
\version "2.14.1"
\new TabStaff \relative c' {
e\1 f\1 g\1 a\1 b\1 c\1 d\1 e\1
}
\new TabStaff \relative c' {
b\2 c\2 d\2 e\2 f\2 g\2 a\2 b\2
}
In this above snippet, I am unable to express holding the 1st string at the
2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th or 11th frets, or holding the 2nd string at the 2nd, 4th,
7th, 9th or 11th frets.
There are no sharps or flats in tablature music, but if you place your
finger on the
second fret on the first string, you'll hear a fis or ges. Tell this to
lilypond, and it does what you want.
e\1 fis\1 g\1 gis\1 aes\1
I suspect the answer to this is related to my ignorance of music. Perhaps "that wouldn't be in
tune, n00b" or "those notes would be out of key".
So more specifically, this does not show what I want:
\version "2.14.1"
\new TabStaff \relative c' {
<g\3 d\4> <a\3 f\4> <c\3 g\4> <g\3 d\4> |<a\3 f\4> <d\3 a\4> <c\3 g\4>
}
How do I show that the second note should played with both fingers on the 3rd
fret, instead of (in the snipped above) one of them on the second? Third string
at third fret is marked as A♯B♭ on a fingerboard chart I have here.
Use your fingerboard chart to translate the tab positions into sounding
pitch.
A# -> ais
How do I show the second-to-last note played at the 6th fret, instead of at the
7th, please?
I'm kinda thinking that Lilypond is not really geared toward outputting this kind of
notation and that Lilypond is "overkill" for what I want to do. But I'm not
sure what else I would use. I don't want to use Tux Guitar because I use Mac OS X on the
desktop and because I like writing stuff in a text editor. I also want to add stuff that
can be achieved in Lilypond with `\markup { 26/07/2011 - practiced for one hour, not sure
which finger to use }`.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to tell Lilypond something like s3f3 for string 3 at the 3rd
fret. I thought it might be possible to define LaTeX type macros for this, but searching
Google for "guitar tab site:lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/" I find
there was some discussion in early 2009 of guitar tab features, so I guess it's not as
easy as that. I assume that easy guitar tab development didn't go any further, since I
can't find reference to it in the manual?
No, there were some discussions about it, but it seems to be more
complicated to implement.
I don't know whether lilypind is "overkill" for your needs, but if you
decide to give it a try, there is a
tablature-specific list where you can find more help:
http://lists.lilynet.net/tablatures
HTH,
Marc
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