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 &lt;marc(a)hohlart.de> To: lilypond-user(a)gnu.org, "Carl D. Sorensen" &lt;c_sorensen(a)byu.edu&gt;du>, > David Stocker &lt;dstocker(a)thenotesetter.com&gt;om>, > Grammostola Rosea &lt;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 > \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 > >> } > > \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