Tab one octave off?

[Lamy Jean-Baptiste]

> Well, I also prefer using the "G_8"-clef - so that the music is really 
> notated in the octave where it sounds.
> I definitely think that default guitar strings should be defined like 
> this. If one want's to define and display music one octave off (which is 
> historically the normal thing to do), one could do
> 
> <
>    \context Staff { \music }
>    \context TabStaff \transpose c { \music }
>  >
> 
> I think that this would be intuitive enough - also for normal users.

(This has nothing to see with the current thread)

Are you saying tablatures are one octave off in regards to staff ? And the
*current* Lilypond implementation?
I am writing a tablature editor which supports staff too, and can export to
Lilypond, and i am getting mad with octavo...


Jiba