Thanks, yes that makes sense from a fret number point of view. Unfortunately from a violinist/fiddler point of view, the semitone notation does no good.
For example, on a violin, in the simplest 1st position: (2nd string) A string: A open, Bb/B 1st finger, C/C# 2nd finger, D 3rd finger, E 4th finger or open E string (3rd string) D string: D open, Eb/E 1st finger, F/F# 2nd finger, G/G# 3rd finger, A 4th or open A So in first position on violin, "frets 1/2" are 1st finger, "frets 3/4" are 2nd finger, "frets 5/6" are 3rd finger. I don't think fiddle players would want to bother trying to make this translation in their head while playing. It would be great for fiddle players and fiddle tunes, to have a tab for fingering. I don't think the semitone notation will do any good for violin playing in tab. Let me know if there is a way in Lilypond for tab fingering in this case. Otherwise I'm not sure it's worth having the tab for violin/fiddle, Thanks On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:18 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > "R.D. Latimer" <rdlati...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I'd like help getting started with transcribing fiddle tunes with music > and > > tab. > > > > Here's my initial try (first two measures) > > The fingering for the violin is not correct in the tab. Fingering should > be: > > 2 0 0 2 0 0 | 3 1 1 3 0 1 | > > That's a misunderstanding what a tab shows. The tab does not show > fingerings but rather positions. And it counts those positions in > "frets", namely semitones. As far as I can see, the results are quite > correct. > > Now I haven't ever used tablature for violin, and I definitely agree > that the numbers seem to increase ridiculously fast as a violinist would > likely think more in wholetone positions rather than semitone positions: > > Playing "in third position" to a violinist means playing a major or > minor third above playing "in first position" when using the same > fingering. It may be different for players of violoncello or double > bass. Or fretted instruments like a viol. > > So at any rate, the TAB delivers the _full_ information you need for > playing the melody. I'm not sure how it could do so when only using a > wholetone numbering system. > > Most relevantly, the TAB looks like expected by the _programmers_. Do > you have any printed examples that would help the programmers to > understand how it should look like in order to meet _your_ expectations? > > -- > David Kastrup > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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