Re: Question about Custom Tablature in NR

[Carl Sorensen]

On 5/5/11 10:46 AM, "James Lowe" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking at tidying up some parts of this in the NR (not changing anything
> technically) and would like a clarification on something.
> 
> We state:
> 
> --snip--
> 
> The \makeStringTuning function is used to create a string tuning
> without setting the stringTunings property in the current context.
> The arguments to makeStringTuning are the symbol to be
> used for the new string tuning and a chord construct used
> to define the tuning.
> 
> --snip--
> 
> Further up we say (I am paraphrasing)
> 
> --snip--
> 
> \contextStringTuning takes two arguments:
> 
> 
> 1. The symbol in which the string tuning will be stored.
> 
> 2. The chord construct that defines the pitches of each string in the
> tuning.  This must be in absolute octave mode,
> The string with the highest number
> (generally the lowest string) must come first in the chord.
> 
> --snip--
> 
> My question is does \makeStringTuning also require the pitches to be absolute
> mode as well?

Yes.  The chord constructs for defining the tunings are identical for
\contextStringTuning and \makeStringTuning.

Thanks,

Carl