Re: Gt-tabs and drum-notation

[Rune Zedeler]

David Raleigh Arnold wrote:

> instruments? If the strings are set, the number of lines is set, the
> first string/line on top. If the tuning of the instrument is to be
> indicated somewhere, then give it after arbitrary tabline designations:
> 
> strings = dbgxy (B, G#, E, A,, E)
> 
> The above example is not arbitrary, however. It would be a sensible way
> to write the banjo part in "Mack the Knife", the last banjo music,

I don't understand what you are telling me.
What does dbgxy (B, G#, E, A,, E) mean?

> The tab barlines and the vertical alignment come from *all* the other
> included parts on the instrument's notation staff or staves, and that's
> it. Most tab software is useless because tab doesn't have multiple parts
> and consequently the software isn't written to deal with multiple parts
> in the notation. Thus the notation is written in one part to make the

Again I don't understand. What do you mean with "multiple parts"?
 
> Don't bother trying to translate the notes into tab. If you have

That's what I have in mind. Don't want to enter the same piece of music
twice.
As long as the frets are halfnoted and all the strings are attached at
the same position on the grip then I can see no problem in doing so.
Please enlighten me.

> automatic tab generation, it only does the simplest case, where you
> don't need tab anyway. I am positive that it is quicker and easier to

What simplest case? I am looking like a big question-mark right now.

> there. Don't bother with stems, beams, ties, rests. They are in the

Eh bother? They will be automatically created by lilypond. If they were
to be removed, THEN I would have to bother (not much, though).

> notation, so you get only clutter. Fortunately, getting alignment from
> the included parts is the only nontrivial thing to be done. :-)

???

Honestly, I understood practically nothing of what you wrote.
I defenitely want to include the tab-info in the music.
Of course you may set the number of strings, and for each string, which
note that string is tuned in (i.e. what note should be transferred to
fret-0)
If your instrument is not having frets every half-note then I cannot
really see how it at all CAN play western music. Please enlighten me.

Now, I tell you what I had in mind:
Since the original meaning of the fingering-data is useless in
string-instruments, I would include the extra information needed in the
fingering.

note-n means that the note is played on string number n. (Where n
ofcourse is a number)
note^n means that the note is played on the fret as close as possible to
n, but not greater than n.
note_n means that the note is played on the fret as close as possible to
n, but not below n.
note   means that the same config is used as last note.
For chords, it's basically the same thing, excepts that every note will
have to be played at least one string below the previous one - that is
you have to put the trebble notes first in your chord. (If your
instrument has the trebble strings on top, ofcourse)

If you want to make your own tabs from scratch I cannot really see that
you need anything new in lilypond...
Just fiddle around with writing numbers on the staff (which I currently
don't know how to do - but I know that it's possible) 

-Rune