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Special symbols in tabulature
From: |
Marc Hohl |
Subject: |
Special symbols in tabulature |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:57:18 +0100 |
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Hello,
After years of typesetting guitar music with MusiXTeX, I finally switched to
Lilypond (2.10.5, which comes with ubuntu feisty). Now (nearly) everything
works fine, but there are two related problems with tabulature:
1) How can I put a symbol instead of the fret number in the tabulature?
Sometimes a "x" denotes that a string is plucked with no definite pitch, or I
use brackets to indicate a harmonic: <5> (the number needn't to be calculated
by lilypond, because the relationship between the fret number and the
resultig note is not linear; even fractional frets like <2.6> for the sixth
harmonic of a string are used in tabbing guitar scores).
2) How can I put a symbol in the middle between two tab numbers, without
influencing the spacing? For example, there are many possibilities to connect
two notes, like "hammer on", "pull off, "slide" etc., which I want to mark
not with a slur in the tabulature, but with one or two letters:
-----10-p-8---------------------
---------------5-h-7---4-sl-5---
--------------------------------
I searched the manual and the LSR, but I dind't find any hints.
Thanks for any suggestions,
Marc
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