Re: Guitars with capos

2014-02-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 01/31/2014 09:53 PM, Rachael Thomas Carlson wrote: In standard notation (without tabulature) you will often find that the music is written with the pitch notated as if there wasn't a capo. Very rarely will you find music that is written at sounding pitch with a capo. I'm a classic guitaris

Re: Guitars with capos

2014-02-02 Thread Wols Lists
On 01/02/14 08:05, Federico Bruni wrote: > 2014/2/1 Rachael Thomas Carlson > > > Sometimes the standard notation is at sounding pitch and sometimes > it is at pitch as if there were no capo. > > > In all books I know (staff + tabstaff) I always see the latt

Re: Guitars with capos

2014-02-01 Thread Johan Vromans
Hilary Snaden writes: > Transposing seemed the most intuitive solution, but it's good to hear > what real guitarists prefer. I'd gone with "Capo on 4" above the first > bar of the guitar part, it's now "Capo on IV". I'm acquainted to "Capo 4" but I guess it's a matter of taste. Attachment: Left

Re: Guitars with capos

2014-02-01 Thread Hilary Snaden
On 2014-02-01 04:53, Rachael Thomas Carlson wrote: > Hello Hilary: Hello Rachael and other contributors >> Please excuse a short notation question! > This is a fun question! [...] > In all cases, one will find that there is an indication of the use of a > capo in the area of the top of the score th

Re: Guitars with capos

2014-02-01 Thread Federico Bruni
2014/2/1 Rachael Thomas Carlson > Sometimes the standard notation is at sounding pitch and sometimes it is > at pitch as if there were no capo. In all books I know (staff + tabstaff) I always see the latter: pitch as if it were no capo. I use transpose in the midi block so it plays at sounding

Re: Guitars with capos

2014-01-31 Thread Rachael Thomas Carlson
Hello Hilary: Please excuse a short notation question! This is a fun question! What's the preferred way of notating music for a guitar with capo? Sounding pitch, or as a transposing instrument (so that a guitar capoed on the third fret is effectively a guitar in E flat)? This would depend upon

Guitars with capos

2014-01-31 Thread Hilary Snaden
Please excuse a short notation question! What's the preferred way of notating music for a guitar with capo? Sounding pitch, or as a transposing instrument (so that a guitar capoed on the third fret is effectively a guitar in E flat)? -- Hilary ___ lil