@funindex TabStaff
@funindex TabVoice
-Tablature notation is used for notating music for plucked string
-instruments. Pitches are not denoted with note heads, but by
-numbers indicating on which string and fret a note must be played.
-LilyPond offers limited support for tablature.
+Music for plucked string instruments is frequently notated using a
+finger/touch notation or tablature. In contrast to traditional
+notation pitches are not denoted with note heads, but by numbers (or
+letterlike symbols in historical intavolatura). The numbers
+indicate on which string and fret a note must be played. The numbers
+are printed on top of each other if they are to be played
+simultaneously.
-The string number associated with a note is given as a backslash
-followed by a number. By default, string 1 is the highest,
+
+By default, string 1 is the highest,
and the tuning defaults to the standard guitar tuning (with 6 strings).
The notes are printed as tablature, by using @code{TabStaff} and
@code{TabVoice} contexts
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,fragment,verbatim]
-\new TabStaff {
- a,4\5 c'\2 a\3 e'\1
- e\4 c'\2 a\3 e'\1
+\new TabStaff \relative c' {
+ a,8 a' <c e> a
+ d, a' <d f> a
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+Default tablatures do not contain any symbols for tone duration nor any
+other musical symbols such as e.g. expressive marks.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
+symbols = {
+ \time 3/4
+ c4-.^"Allegro" d( e)
+ f4-.\f g a^\fermata
+ \mark \default
+ c8_.\<\( c16 c ~ c2\!
+ c'2.\prall\)
+}
+
+\score {
+ <<
+ \new Staff { \clef "G_8" \symbols }
+ \new TabStaff { \symbols }
+ >>
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@funindex \tabFullNotation
+
+If all musical symbols used in traditional notation should also show up
+in tablature one has to apply the command @code{\tabFullNotation} in a
+@code{TabStaff}-context. Please bear in mind that half notes are
+double-stemmed in tablature in order to distinguish them from quarter
+notes.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
+symbols = {
+ \time 3/4
+ c4-.^"Allegro" d( e)
+ f4-.\f g a^\fermata
+ \mark \default
+ c8_.\<\( c16 c ~ c2\!
+ c'2.\prall\)
+}
+
+\score {
+ \new TabStaff {
+ \tabFullNotation
+ \symbols
+ }
}
@end lilypond
@cindex fret
-
-When no string is specified for a note, the note is assigned to
-the highest string that can generate the note with a fret number
-greater than or equal to the value of @code{minimumFret}.
-The default value for @code{minimumFret} is 0.
+By default pitches are assigned to the lowest playing position on the
+fret-board (first position). Open strings are automatically preferred.
+If you would like a certain pitch to be played on a specific string
+you can add a string number indication to the pitch name. If you
+define pitch names and string numbers without a chord construct
+(@code{<>}) the string number indications do not appear in traditional
+notation. It is much more comfortable to define the playing position
+by using the value of @code{minimumFret}. The default value for
+minimumFret is 0.
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff \relative c {
\clef "treble_8"
+ \time 2/4
c16 d e f g4
+ c,16\5 d\5 e\4 f\4 g4\4
c,16 d e f g4
}
\new TabStaff \relative c {
c16 d e f g4
+ c,16\5 d\5 e\4 f\4 g4\4
\set TabStaff.minimumFret = #5
c,16 d e f g4
}
>>
@end lilypond
+
+Ties over a line break are parenthesized by default. The same holds for
+the second alternative of a repeat.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
+ties = \relative c' {
+ \repeat volta 2 {
+ e2. f4~
+ f2 g2~ }
+ \alternative {
+ { g4 f2. }
+ { g4\repeatTie c,2. }
+ }
+ b1~\break
+ b1 \bar "|."
+}
+
+\score {
+ <<
+ \new StaffGroup <<
+ \context Staff {
+ \clef "treble_8"
+ \ties
+ }
+ \context TabStaff {
+ \ties
+ }
+ >>
+ >>
+ \layout {
+ indent = #0
+ ragged-right = ##t
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@funindex \hideSplitTiedTabNotes
+
+The command @code{\hideSplitTiedTabNotes} cancels the behavior of
+engraving fret numbers in parentheses:
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
+ties = \relative c' {
+ \repeat volta 2 {
+ e2. f4~
+ f2 g2~ }
+ \alternative {
+ { g4 f2. }
+ { g4\repeatTie c,2. }
+ }
+ b1~\break
+ b1 \bar "|."
+}
+
+\score {
+ <<
+ \new StaffGroup <<
+ \context Staff {
+ \clef "treble_8"
+ \ties
+ }
+ \context TabStaff {
+ \hideSplitTiedTabNotes
+ \ties
+ }
+ >>
+ >>
+ \layout {
+ indent = #0
+ ragged-right = ##t
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
@cindex harmonic indications in tablature notation
@cindex tablature and harmonic indications
@cindex slides in tablature notation
Harmonic indications and slides can be added to tablature
notation.
-@lilypond[fragment, verbatim, quote, relative=1]
+@lilypond[verbatim, quote, relative=1]
\new TabStaff {
\new TabVoice {
<c g'\harmonic> d\2\glissando e\2
@end lilypond
Fingering indications and barres can be included in a
-fret-diagram-verbose markup string. Unique to the
-fret-diagram-verbose interface is a capo indication that
+fret-diagram-verbose markup string. Unique to the
+fret-diagram-verbose interface is a capo indication that
can be placed on the fret diagram. The capo indication is
a thick bar that covers all strings. The fret with the
capo will be the lowest fret in the fret diagram.
@cindex adding custom fret diagrams
Fret diagrams can be added to the fret diagram table. To add a diagram,
-you must specify the chord for the diagram, the tuning to be used, and
+you must specify the chord for the diagram, the tuning to be used, and
a definition for the diagram. The diagram definition can be either a
fret-diagram-terse definition string or a fret-diagram-verbose
marking list.
\storePredefinedDiagram \chordmode {f''}
#guitar-tuning
- #(chord-shape 'powerf guitar-tuning)
+ #(chord-shape 'powerf guitar-tuning)
\storePredefinedDiagram \chordmode {g''}
#guitar-tuning
#(offset-fret 2 (chord-shape 'powerf guitar-tuning))
harmonics. Harmonics are normally further explained with a
text markup.
-@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,fragment,verbatim]
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
\relative c' {
\clef "treble_8"
\override Staff.NoteHead #'style = #'cross
projects / lilypond.git / commitdiff