27 Apr
2009
27 Apr
'09
10:28 p.m.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:21:36PM +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:06:07 +0200
> From: Marc Hohl <marc(a)hohlart.de
> To: lilypond-user(a)gnu.org, "Carl D. Sorensen"
<c_sorensen(a)byu.edu>du>,
> David Stocker <dstocker(a)thenotesetter.com>om>,
> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola(a)gmail.com
> Subject: tablature.ly
>
> Hello tablature users*,
> after some days of struggling with
lilypond's internals, I have created
> a file tablature.ly
> which supports:
> 1) two commands to switch between the
display style:
> \tabNumbersOnly shows only the mubers,
> \tabFullNotation shows up everything (as it is the default in
> \TabVoice upto now)
> 2) two commands for the possible clefs:
> \calligraphicTabClef #<tuning
> \sansSerifTabClef #<tuning
> (I didn't like "modern" or "old" clef, so I used
commands which
> describe the apperance
> of the clefs).
> The sans serif clef is available for 4 to 7 strings. It internally sets
> \TabStaff.stringTunings to <tuning>.
> 3) some more tunings are defined:
> guitar-seven-string-tuning
> guitar-drop-d-tuning bass-four-string-tuning
> bass-drop-d-tuning bass-five-string-tuning
> bass-six-string-tuning
> (yes I know, the already defined "bass-tuning" is the same as my
> "bass-four-string-tuning", but
> as I write music for various basses, this is easier to read at first
> glance.)
> 4) commandos for palm mute playing and dead
notes are supported (palm
> mute is not a tablature-specific
> issue, but as electric guitar players use tablature and often play
> palm mute, I think this is ok).
> At first I thought of using \x for dead notes, but in other threads \x
> is used for almost everything,
> so I leave it to the user to say x = \deadNotes and use \x for faster
> typing myriads of dead notes :-)
> I post this along with a test file, so you
can check this out.
> *Carl, which isn't really a tablature
user, has given me a lot of
> support an insight to lilypond,
> and he proposed to include tablature.ly in future releases of lilypond,
> so this would be the place to
> go for further development (bendings, etc.). Establishing
> \tabNumbersOnly as a standard would mean to
> break with older versions, but as it is a single command, this should
> not be considered as a serious
> drawback.
> As there are more people invoved in
developing tablature extensions for
> lilypond, I send tablature.ly
> to this list for testing purposes, so changes, corrections etc. could be
> discussed before establishing
> the file in future versions. As I said before, it is just a starting
> point, any suggestions, improvements
> etc. are welcome. Are there other tunings we should consider being
> defined internally?
> Yet again, I would like to thank Carl for
his great help and patience,
> and as far as I can see now,
> making contributions to lilypond is easier than one might think, there
> are a lot of people outside
> willing to help you, if you are willing to bring lilypond further on, so
> give it a try!
> Greetings,
> Marc
> }
>
> \markup{When we invoke tabNumbersOnly, it looks better.}
>
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff \alotofstuff
> \new TabStaff { \tabNumbersOnly \alotofstuff }
> > > }
>
> \markup{ tablature.ly supports an easy way to mark notes as played palm
mute-style...}
>
> palmmute = \relative c, {
> \time 4/4
> e8^\markup { \musicglyph #"noteheads.u2do" = palm mute } \palmMuteOn e
e \palmMuteOff e e \palmMute e e e
> e8 \palmMute { e e e } e e e e
> \palmMuteOn
> < e b' e>8 e e e <e b' e>2
> \bar "|."
> }
>
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff { \clef "G_8" \palmmute }
> \new TabStaff { \tabNumbersOnly
> \calligraphicTabClef #guitar-tuning
> \palmmute }
> > > }
>
> \markup {... or dead notes:}
>
> deadnotes = \relative c,, {
> e8. \deadNotesOn e16 \deadNotesOff g4 a b
> e8. \deadNotes e16 g4 a b
> e,4. \deadNotes { e8 e e } e4
> \bar "|."
> }
>
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff { \clef "bass_8" \deadnotes }
> \new TabStaff { \tabNumbersOnly
> \sansSerifTabClef #bass-four-string-tuning
> \deadnotes }
> > > }
>
> \markup { The new sansSerifTab-Clef supports tablatures from 4 to 7 strings.}
> % some stuff
> bass = \relative c,, {
> e4 g a b
> b4 f g d'
> \bar "|."
> }
>
> % four strings, calculated clef
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff { \mark \markup{4 strings}
> \clef "bass_8" \bass }
> \new TabStaff { \tabNumbersOnly
> \sansSerifTabClef #bass-four-string-tuning
> \bass }
> > > }
>
> % five strings, calculated clef
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff { \mark \markup{5 strings}
> \clef "bass_8" \bass }
> \new TabStaff { \tabNumbersOnly
> \sansSerifTabClef #bass-five-string-tuning
> \bass }
> > > }
>
> guitar = \relative c {
> c4 d e f
> g4 a b c
> \bar "|."
> }
>
> % six strings, calculated clef
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff { \mark \markup{6 strings}
> \clef "G_8" \guitar }
> \new TabStaff { \tabNumbersOnly
> \sansSerifTabClef #guitar-tuning
> \guitar }
> > > }
>
> % seven strings, calculated clef
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff { \mark \markup{7 strings}
> \clef "G_8" \guitar }
> \new TabStaff { \tabNumbersOnly
> \sansSerifTabClef #guitar-seven-string-tuning
> \guitar }
> > > }
>
What a strange language!
Looks like a cross between Scheme and PostScript.
Cool, nice that it has tab capability now.
-ken
% tablature.ly
% these definitions will be moved to scm/output-lib.scm
#(define-public guitar-seven-string-tuning '(4 -1 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25))
#(define-public guitar-drop-d-tuning '(4 -1 -5 -10 -15 -22))
#(define-public bass-four-string-tuning '(-17 -22 -27 -32))
#(define-public bass-drop-d-tuning '(-17 -22 -27 -34))
#(define-public bass-five-string-tuning '(-17 -22 -27 -32 -37))
#(define-public bass-six-string-tuning '(-12 -17 -22 -27 -32 -37))
% some publications use the triangled note head
% for palm mute, so here we go:
palmMuteOn = { \set shapeNoteStyles = #'#(do do do do do do do ) }
palmMuteOff = { \unset shapeNoteStyles }
% for single notes (or groups of notes within { ...} :
palmMute = #(define-music-function (parser location note) (ly:music?)
#{
\set shapeNoteStyles = #'#(do do do do do do do )
$note
\unset shapeNoteStyles
#})
% x-tab-format uses a "x" instead of the fret number:
#(define (x-tab-format str context event)
(make-whiteout-markup
(make-vcenter-markup
(markup #:musicglyph "noteheads.s2cross"))))
% dead notes are marked with a cross-shape note head,
% both in normal notation and in tablature:
deadNotesOn = {
\override NoteHead #'style = #'cross
\set tablatureFormat = #x-tab-format
}
deadNotesOff = {
\unset tablatureFormat
\revert NoteHead #'style
}
% for single notes or groups of notes within {...}:
deadNotes = #(define-music-function (parser location notes) (ly:music?)
#{
\override NoteHead #'style = #'cross
\set tablatureFormat = #x-tab-format
$notes
\unset tablatureFormat
\revert NoteHead #'style
#})
% define sans serif-style tab-Clefs according to
% http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=323
% for 4, 5, 6 and 7 strings
#(define-markup-command (customTabClef layout props tuning) (pair?)
(let* ((num-strings (length tuning))
;; the number of strings has to be in 4...7
(num-strings (cond ((< num-strings 4) 4)
((> num-strings 7) 7)
(else num-strings)))
(raise-value (- (* num-strings 0.4) 0.9))
(font-size (- (* num-strings 1.5) 7))
(base-skip (cond ((= 4 num-strings) 1.55)
((= 5 num-strings) 1.84)
((= 6 num-strings) 2.00)
((= 7 num-strings) 2.08)))
(new-props (cons (list
'(font-family . sans)
(cons 'baseline-skip base-skip))
props)))
(interpret-markup layout new-props
(markup #:raise raise-value #:bold #:fontsize font-size
#:column ("T" "A" "B")))))
% Wrappers for the different clefs
% the argument is the string-tuning, which is automatically set.
sansSerifTabClef = #(define-music-function (parser location tuning) (pair?)
#{
\override TabStaff.Clef #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
\override TabStaff.Clef #'text = \markup \customTabClef $tuning
\set TabStaff.stringTunings = $tuning
#})
calligraphicTabClef = #(define-music-function (parser location tuning) (pair?)
#{
\revert TabStaff.Clef #'stencil
\set TabStaff.stringTunings = $tuning
#})
% commands for switching between tablature with numbers only...
tabNumbersOnly = {
% no time signature
\override TabStaff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
% no stems, beams, dots, ties and slurs
\override TabVoice.Stem #'stencil = ##f
\override TabVoice.Beam #'stencil = ##f
\override TabVoice.Dots #'stencil = ##f
\override TabVoice.Tie #'stencil = ##f
\override TabVoice.Slur #'stencil = ##f
% no tuplet stuff
\override TabVoice.TupletBracket #'stencil = ##f
\override TabVoice.TupletNumber #'stencil = ##f
% no dynamic signs, text spanners etc.
\override DynamicText #'transparent = ##t
\override DynamicTextSpanner #'stencil = ##f
\override TextSpanner #'stencil = ##f
\override Hairpin #'transparent = ##t
% no rests
\override TabVoice.Rest #'stencil = ##f
\override TabVoice.MultiMeasureRest #'stencil = ##f
% no markups
\override TabVoice.Script #'stencil = ##f
\override TabVoice.TextScript #'stencil = ##f
}
% and the full notation
tabFullNotation = {
% time signature
\revert TabStaff.TimeSignature #'stencil
% stems, beams, dots
\revert TabVoice.Stem #'stencil
\revert TabVoice.Beam #'stencil
\revert TabVoice.Dots #'stencil
\revert TabVoice.Tie #'stencil
\revert TabVoice.Slur #'stencil
% tuplet stuff
\revert TabVoice.TupletBracket #'stencil
\revert TabVoice.TupletNumber #'stencil
% dynamic signs
\revert DynamicText #'transparent
\override DynamicTextSpanner #'stencil = ##f
\revert TabVoice.DynamicTextSpanner #'stencil
\revert TabVoice.Hairpin #'transparent
% rests
\revert TabVoice.Rest #'stencil
\revert TabVoice.MultiMeasureRest #'stencil
% markups
\revert TabVoice.Script #'stencil
\revert TabVoice.TextScript #'stencil
}
> \version "2.12.2"
> \include "tablature.ly"
>
> \markup {First, a lot of stuff as it is displayed both in notation and in
tablature.}
>
> alotofstuff = {
> \time 3/4
> c4^"test" d( e)
> f4\f g a^\fermata
> c8\< c16 c ~ c2\!
> c'2.
> \mark \default
> R2.
> r4 d4 r8 r
> \times 3/4 { b4 c d c }
> c4. d-_( e\varcoda)
> ->f g~ a\prall g\thumb e-. f-. g-.
> \times 3/4 { b4 c d c }
> \bar "|."
> }
>
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff \alotofstuff
> \new TabStaff \alotofstuff
> >