Re: Wishlist for Guitar (or string) features (newbie!)

[Rick Hansen (aka RickH)]

I have just sponsored some new guitar related items, and inadvertantly some
tab clean-up items that will be in future release.  

I understand your idea, but I would also argue that using notes instead of
hard-coded fret and string numbers is the way to go.  

This way your output can participate in transposition and you can re-use the
notes you coded on a regular staff for those who dont read Tab.  Just me,
but I find it more natural to both code lilypond and to think of the
fretboard in terms of notes instead of fret/string coordinates, it just
makes more musical sense to me, as I can relate note names directly to
harmony, resolutons and voice movement in my mind with more clarity than I
can numbers representing strings and frets.  There already exists syntax for
specifying a string number that can be appended to a note <a\6> to give any
algorithm a hint as to what string/fret to play notes that may exist in
multiple places on the fretboard.  From <a\6> one can calculate the fret
number based on the open string tuning property of the staff which will of
course differ for all fretted instruments.  For standard guitar tuning <a\6>
fret number 5 would be calculated in this case.

But if you want to pitch in I will also participate in any future fretted
instrument enhancements (monetarily, requirement definition, and
design/test) that others see a pressing need for or want to colabborate(sp)
on.

Rick


Andy Denley wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I dont know if I should be saying this in this forum, but I have a wish
> list
> for guitar related stuff. I am just a newbie and still trying to get a
> hold
> of the syntax but I have found some stuff that is a bit lacking in the
> guitar arena. Or maybe is not documented clearly? Maybe this is because
> guitarists have avoided using lilypond and thus not enough development (I
> know you guys are over worked as it is) I dont know.
> 
> But stuff I would like to see in lilypond
> Hammer-On's
> Pull-Off's
> Slides (maybe another way of doing it inside lilypond but I havent found
> it)
> 
> Tablature related:
> I know the chord features inside tab arent great. But would it be possible
> to define a tab chord and place it inside tab? For example:
> 
> \tabchord Aminor <a:m 6,x 5,0 4,2 3,2 2,1 1,0>
> 
> So "Aminor" is the chordname we use for inside the tab
> <a:m is the note and major / minor>
> 6,x 5,0 4,2 3,2 2,1 1,0 is the six strings in the guitar (EADGBE)
> 6,x (string, fret to be played (x not played 0 is open)
> 
> \new TabStaff
> 
> { Aminor:8 Aminor Aminor etc etc}
> 
> it may be a bit messy but it seems logical? Maybe?
> So I hope this makes sense and please excuse my ignornance if this is done
> some other way. I think I might have to get a "LilyPond Guitar FAQ
> together"
> as additional to the tutorial. There are a LOT of guitarists out there and
> really this is a far better tool then I have seen that is for
> Linux/Win32/Mac environments.
> 
> Thoughts and comments?
> 
> Andy D (Engineer and Guitarist!)
> 
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