Re: tab

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> On Wed, 04 Sep 2002 14:14:29 Lamy Jean-Baptiste wrote:
> > David and Rune, what do you think of the Han-Wen's proposition (Identifying
> > strings by their note name) ?
> > 
> > If you are right, i'll work on it in about 2 weeks (after my exams).
> > 
> > Jiba
> 
> Beginners should have the numbers for string
> indications in rings in the notation and advanced
> players the names.  Nothing needs to be done about that.  
> I think it is better to use numbers for
> the strings in the tab syntax, because everyone knows or
> should know which one the 1st string is,

I think we had a big discussion about this some weeks ago, which
indicated that --your strong opinions notwithstanding-- there are
different conventions for numbering strings. String pitches are more
explicit, and can be combined with fingerings (which is not possible
with the current setup); we only have to add small kludges to support
stringed instruments with duplicate pitches in their strings.

For the lazy, we could even provide a function to translate fingerings
to string pitches automatically, in any order they like.

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