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2020-02-17 Thread David Wright
Opinions here aren't aimed at P-L G. The example just illustrates what I see as a problem. On Sat 15 Feb 2020 at 10:39:57 (-0500), Pierre-Luc Gauthier wrote: > Guitar (like the bass) is a transposing instrument. > > The Tab part though is not transposing (obviously). > > \version "2.21.0" > > s

Re: Stop Tablature from moving up an octave

2020-02-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Pierre-Luc, >> NO! Instead, use a transposing clef: > > I guess people (and books) diverge in opinion here. > But I do not write bass parts with \clef "bass_8" neither guitar with > \clef "treble_8". That’s fine, from a visual perspective — just turn off the ClefModifier. The problem I see w

Re: Stop Tablature from moving up an octave

2020-02-15 Thread Pierre-Luc Gauthier
Le sam. 15 févr. 2020 à 10:45, Kieren MacMillan a écrit : > > guitarStaff = \transpose c c' { > > % Here we transpose > NO! Instead, use a transposing clef: I guess people (and books) diverge in opinion here. But I do not write bass parts with \clef "bass_8" neither guitar with \clef "treble_8

Re: Stop Tablature from moving up an octave

2020-02-15 Thread Bob Stricklin
Thanks to all for the excellent support an help. It is clear to me now and I have it working properly. Bob

Re: Stop Tablature from moving up an octave

2020-02-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Pierre-Luc, > \version "2.21.0" > > song = { > % here you write the music the > % way it should sound > >| > } Yes. > guitarStaff = \transpose c c' { > % Here we transpose NO! Instead, use a transposing clef: guitarStaff = { \clef "treble_8" \new Voice { \song } } I

Re: Stop Tablature from moving up an octave

2020-02-15 Thread Pierre-Luc Gauthier
Guitar (like the bass) is a transposing instrument. The Tab part though is not transposing (obviously). \version "2.21.0" song = { % here you write the music the % way it should sound | } guitarStaff = \transpose c c' { % Here we transpose because a % guitar is a transposing in

Re: Stop Tablature from moving up an octave

2020-02-15 Thread David Kastrup
Bob Stricklin writes: > I am new to Lilypond and can not get Tablature for guitar to work like I > think it should. > > The documentation indicates Lilypond will select the lowest fret and open > strings. > > When I run my example below the tablature selects fret position 12 and not > zero for

Stop Tablature from moving up an octave

2020-02-15 Thread Bob Stricklin
I am new to Lilypond and can not get Tablature for guitar to work like I think it should. The documentation indicates Lilypond will select the lowest fret and open strings. When I run my example below the tablature selects fret position 12 and not zero for three of the note groups. I want it t