Re: Simple guitar tab questions

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno dom, 26/06/2011 alle 16.20 +0100, Stroller ha scritto:
> 
>   \version "2.14.1"
>   \new TabStaff {
>     \repeat percent 4 { a,\5 a,\5 c\5 d\5 }
>     \repeat percent 2 { d\4 d\4 f\4 g\4 }
>     \repeat percent 2 { a,\5 a,\5 c\5 d\5 }
>     \repeat percent 2 { e,\6 e,\6 g,\6 a,\6 }
>     \repeat percent 2 { a,\5 a,\5 c\5 d\5 }
>   }
> 
> Could I have expressed this better any other way? Is this a good way to write 
> tab with Lilypond?
> 

You don't need to specify the string for any note.
LilyPond choose the open string or the fret which is as close to the
capo as possible.
In the snippet above only the last note of each measure really needs a
string indicator, the others are redundant.


> 
>   \version "2.14.1"
>   \new TabStaff \relative c' {
>     e\1 f\1 g\1 a\1 b\1 c\1 d\1 e\1
>   }
>   \new TabStaff \relative c' {
>     b\2 c\2 d\2 e\2 f\2 g\2 a\2 b\2
>   }
> 
> In this above snippet, I am unable to express holding the 1st string at the 
> 2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th or 11th frets, or holding the 2nd string at the 2nd, 4th, 
> 7th, 9th or 11th frets.
> 

Is your question about fingering (tenuto)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenuto 

You have a couple of options:

c--
c^"tenuto"

This will show up in Staff only (not in TabStaff, unless you use
\tabFullNotation).
Maybe now I'm confusing you...


> So more specifically, this does not show what I want:
> 
>   \version "2.14.1"
>   \new TabStaff \relative c' {
>    <g\3 d\4> <a\3 f\4> <c\3 g\4> <g\3 d\4> | <a\3 f\4> <d\3 a\4> <c\3 g\4> 
>   }
> 
> How do I show that the second note should played with both fingers on the 3rd 
> fret, instead of (in the snipped above) one of them on the second? Third 
> string at third fret is marked as A♯B♭ on a fingerboard chart I have here.
> How do I show the second-to-last note played at the 6th fret, instead of at 
> the 7th, please?
> 

You must enter the right pitch and LilyPond will choose the correct
fret:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/writing-pitches 

You should read the Learning Manual first.
Then you can get specific answers in the Notation Manual; the index can
be a good place to start:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/lilypond-index 

HTH,
Federico