version that you are working on. See TRANSLATION for details.
@end ignore
-@c \version "2.11.53"
+@c \version "2.11.61"
@node Fretted string instruments
@section Fretted string instruments
@end menu
@node References for fretted strings
-@subsubsection References for fretted strings
+@unnumberedsubsubsec References for fretted strings
Music for fretted string instruments is normally notated on
a single staff, either in traditional music notation or in
@seealso
Notation Reference:
-@ref{Instrument names},
-@ref{Writing music in parallel},
@ref{Fingering instructions},
@ref{Ties},
+@ref{Collision resolution},
+@ref{Instrument names},
+@ref{Writing music in parallel},
@ref{Arpeggio},
@ref{List of articulations},
@ref{Clef}.
@node String number indications
-@subsubsection String number indications
+@unnumberedsubsubsec String number indications
@cindex String numbers
@node Default tablatures
-@subsubsection Default tablatures
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Default tablatures
@cindex Tablatures, basic
@cindex Tablatures, default
>>
@end lilypond
+Harmonic indications and slides can be added to tablature
+notation.
+
+@lilypond[fragment, verbatim, quote, relative=1]
+\new TabStaff {
+ \new TabVoice {
+ <c g'\harmonic> d\2\glissando e\2
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+
@snippets
@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,texidoc,doctitle]
>>
@end lilypond
+Guitar special effects are limited to harmonics and slides.
@node Custom tablatures
-@subsubsection Custom tablatures
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Custom tablatures
@cindex Tablatures, custom
-You can change the tuning of the strings. A string tuning is
-given as a Scheme list with one integer number for each string,
-the number being the pitch (measured in semitones relative to
-middle C) of an open string. The numbers specified for
-@code{stringTunings} are the numbers of semitones to subtract or
-add, starting the specified pitch by default middle C, in string
-order. LilyPond automatically calculates the number of strings by
-looking at @code{stringTunings}.
-
-In the next example, @code{stringTunings} is set for the pitches
-e, a, d, and g.
-
-@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,fragment,verbatim]
-\new TabStaff <<
- \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #'(-5 -10 -15 -20)
- {
- a,4 c' a e' e c' a e'
- }
->>
-@end lilypond
+LilyPond tabulature automatically calculates the fret for
+a note based on the string to which the note is assigned.
+In order to do this, the tuning of the strings must be
+specified. The tuning of the strings is given in the
+@code{StringTunings} property.
LilyPond comes with predefined string tunings for banjo, mandolin,
guitar and bass guitar. Lilypond automatically sets the correct
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
<<
- \new Staff <<
+ \new Staff {
\clef "bass_8"
\relative c, {
- c4 d e f
+ c4 d e f
}
- >>
- \new TabStaff <<
+ }
+ \new TabStaff {
\set TabStaff.stringTunings = #bass-tuning
\relative c, {
- c4 d e f
+ c4 d e f
}
- >>
+ }
>>
@end lilypond
-The default string tuning is @code{guitar-tuning} (the standard
-EADGBE tuning). Some other predefined tunings are
+The default string tuning is @code{guitar-tuning}, which
+is the standard EADGBE tuning. Some other predefined tunings are
@code{guitar-open-g-tuning}, @code{mandolin-tuning} and
-@code{banjo-open-g-tuning}.
+@code{banjo-open-g-tuning}. The predefined string tunings
+are found in @code{scm/output-lib.scm}.
+
+A string tuning is a Scheme list of string pitches,
+one for each string, ordered by string number from 1 to N,
+where string 1 is at the top of the tablature staff and
+string N is at the bottom. This ordinarily results in ordering
+from highest pitch to lowest pitch, but some instruments
+(e.g. ukulele) do not have strings ordered by pitch.
+
+A string pitch in a string tuning list is the pitch difference
+of the open string from middle C measured in semitones. The
+string pitch must be an integer. Lilypond calculates the actual
+pitch of the string by adding the string tuning pitch to the
+actual pitch for middle C.
+
+LilyPond automatically calculates the number of strings in the
+@code{TabStaff} as the number of elements in @code{stringTunings}.
+
+Any desired string tuning can be created. For example, we can
+define a string tuning for a four-string instrument with pitches
+of @code{a''}, @code{d''}, @code{g'}, and @code{c'}:
+
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+mynotes = {
+ c'4 e' g' c'' |
+ e'' g'' b'' c'''
+}
+
+<<
+ \new Staff {
+ \clef treble
+ \mynotes
+ }
+ \new TabStaff {
+ \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #'(21 14 7 0)
+ \mynotes
+ }
+>>
+@end lilypond
@seealso
+Installed Files:
+@file{scm/output-lib.scm}.
+
Snippets:
@rlsr{Fretted strings}.
-The file @file{scm/@/output@/-lib@/.scm} contains the predefined string
-tunings.
-
Internals Reference:
@rinternals{Tab_note_heads_engraver}.
-@knownissues
-
-No guitar special effects have been implemented.
@node Fret diagram markups
-@subsubsection Fret diagram markups
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Fret diagram markups
@cindex fret diagrams
@cindex chord diagrams
\clef "treble_8"
< f, c f a c' f'>1 ^\markup
\fret-diagram #"c:6-1-1;6-1;5-3;4-3;3-2;2-1;1-1;"
- < g, b, d g b' g'> ^\markup
+ < g, d g b d' g'> ^\markup
\fret-diagram #"c:6-1-3;6-3;5-5;4-5;3-4;2-3;1-3;"
}
>>
\clef "treble_8"
< f, c f a c' f'>1 ^\markup
\fret-diagram #"s:1.5;c:6-1-1;6-1;5-3;4-3;3-2;2-1;1-1;"
- < g, b, d g b' g'> ^\markup
+ < g, b, d g b g'> ^\markup
\fret-diagram #"h:6;6-3;5-2;4-o;3-o;2-o;1-3;"
}
>>
\clef "treble_8"
< f, c f a c' f'>1 ^\markup
\fret-diagram-terse #"1-(;3;3;2;1;1-);"
- < g, b, d g b' g'> ^\markup
+ < g, d g b d' g'> ^\markup
\fret-diagram-terse #"3-(;5;5;4;3;3-);"
}
>>
(place-fret 1 1)
(barre 6 1 1)
)
- < g, b, d g b' g'> ^\markup
+ < g, b, d g b g'> ^\markup
\fret-diagram-verbose #'(
(place-fret 6 3 2)
(place-fret 5 2 1)
@rinternals{fret-diagram-interface}.
@node Predefined fret diagrams
-@subsubsection Predefined fret diagrams
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Predefined fret diagrams
@cindex fret diagrams
@cindex chord diagrams
@node Automatic fret diagrams
-@subsubsection Automatic fret diagrams
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Automatic fret diagrams
@cindex fret diagrams
@cindex chord diagrams
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
-\storePredefinedDiagram <c\5 e g c' e'>
+\storePredefinedDiagram <c e g c' e'>
#guitar-tuning
#"x;3-1-(;5-2;5-3;5-4;3-1-1);"
<<
}
}
\context FretBoards {
- <c\5 e g c' e'>1
+ <c e g c' e'>1
\predefinedFretboardsOff
- <c\5 e g c' e'>
+ <c e g c' e'>
\predefinedFretboardsOn
- <c\5 e g c' e'>
+ <c e g c' e'>
}
\context Staff {
\clef "treble_8"
- <c\5 e g c' e'>1
- <c\5 e g c' e'>
- <c\5 e g c' e'>
+ <c e g c' e'>1
+ <c e g c' e'>
+ <c e g c' e'>
}
>>
@end lilypond
-Notes can be explicitly placed on a string. It is often enough
-to place only the lowest note on an explicit string; the rest of
+Sometimes the fretboard calculator will be unable to find
+an accceptable diagram. This can often be remedied by
+manually assigning a note to a string. In many cases, only one
+note need be manually placed on a string; the rest of
the notes will then be placed appropriately by the @code{FretBoards}
context.
<<
\context ChordNames {
\chordmode {
- c1 c d:m d:m
+ c1 c
}
}
\context FretBoards {
- < c e g c' e' > 1
- < c\5 e g c' e' > 1
- < d a d' f'>
- < d\4 a d' f'>
+ < c g c' e' g'> 1
+ < c g\4 c' e' g'> 1
}
\context Staff {
\clef "treble_8"
- < c e g c' e' > 1
- < c e g c' e' > 1
- < d a d' f'>
- < d a d' f'>
+ < c g c' e' g'> 1
+ < c g c' e' g'> 1
}
>>
@end lilypond
}
}
\context FretBoards {
- < c\5-3 e-2 g c'-1 e' > 1
- < d\4 a-2 d'-3 f'-1>
+ < c-3 e-2 g c'-1 e' > 1
+ < d a-2 d'-3 f'-1>
}
\context Staff {
\clef "treble_8"
>>
@end lilypond
+The minimum fret to be used in calculating strings and frets for
+the FretBoard context can be set with the @code{minimumFret}
+property.
+
+@lilypond[quote, verbatim]
+<<
+ \context ChordNames {
+ \chordmode {
+ d1:m d:m
+ }
+ }
+ \context FretBoards {
+ < d a d' f'>
+ \set FretBoards.minimumFret = #5
+ < d a d' f'>
+ }
+ \context Staff {
+ \clef "treble_8"
+ < d a d' f'>
+ < d a d' f'>
+ }
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
The strings and frets for the @code{FretBoards} context depend
on the @code{stringTunings} property, which has the same meaning
as in the TabStaff context. See @ref{Custom tablatures} for
@code{FretBoards} fret diagram, the interface properties belong to
@code{FretBoards.FretBoard}.
-@snippets
-The minimum fret to be used in calculating strings and frets for
-the FretBoard context can be set with the @code{minimumFret}
-property.
-
-@c TODO -- snippet showing minimum fret.
-
-@c TODO -- snippet for using StringTunings
-
@predefined
-\predefinedFretboardsOff,
-\predefinedFretboardsOn.
+@code{\predefinedFretboardsOff},
+@code{\predefinedFretboardsOn}.
@seealso
@node Right-hand fingerings
-@subsubsection Right-hand fingerings
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Right-hand fingerings
Right-hand fingerings @var{p-i-m-a} must be entered within a
chord construct @code{<>} for them to be printed in the score,
@end menu
@node Indicating position and barring
-@subsubsection Indicating position and barring
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Indicating position and barring
This example demonstrates how to include guitar position and
barring indications.
@rlsr{Expressive marks}.
@node Indicating harmonics and dampened notes
-@subsubsection Indicating harmonics and dampened notes
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Indicating harmonics and dampened notes
Special note heads can be used to indicate dampened notes or
harmonics. Harmonics are normally further explained with a
@end menu
@node Banjo tablatures
-@subsubsection Banjo tablatures
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Banjo tablatures
@cindex Banjo tablatures
LilyPond has basic support for the five-string banjo. When making tablatures
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