Re: Stop Tablature from moving up an octave

[Pierre-Luc Gauthier]

Guitar (like the bass) is a transposing instrument.

The Tab part though is not transposing (obviously).

\version "2.21.0"

song = {
  % here you write the music the
  % way it should sound
  <e,  g\3  b\2>  <a,\5 g\3 b\2>
  <d\4 g\3 b\2> <a,\5 g\3 b\2> |
}

guitarStaff = \transpose c c' {
  % Here we transpose because a
  % guitar is a transposing instrument
  \new Staff \with {
    \transposition c
    % This^ will help with MIDI and
    % with \cueDuring etc.
  } \new Voice \with {
  } \song
}

guitarTab = {
  \new TabStaff \with {
  } \new TabVoice \with {
  } \song
}

guitarReal = \new Staff \with {
  \clef bass
} \new Voice \with {
} \song

guitarPart = \new GrandStaff \with {
  instrumentName = "Guitar"
} <<
  \guitarStaff
  \guitarTab
>>

\score {
  <<
    \guitarPart
    \guitarReal
  >>
}

For what it's worth, I wish somebody would have told me earlier that I
should use absolute mode rather than relative.
e.g. :  e, is the low e on your guitar.

Le sam. 15 févr. 2020 à 09:49, David Kastrup <address@hidden> a écrit :
>
> Bob Stricklin <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I am new to Lilypond and can not get Tablature for guitar to work like I 
> > think it should.
> >
> > The documentation indicates Lilypond will select the lowest fret and open 
> > strings.
> >
> > When I run my example below the tablature selects fret position 12 and not 
> > zero for three of the note groups.
> > I want it to select zero for all strings played. Is there an easy solution 
> > to this issue?
> >
> > Its odd that the code works properly for one of the three note groupings.
> >
> > This is to represent finger picking a bass note and two other notes with 
> > fingers.
> >
> > My Simplified code input using Frescobaldi on Ubuntu 18.04.
> >
> > \version "2.18.2"
> >
> > song = {
> >     <e,  g'\3  b\2>  <a\5 g'\3 b\2>  <d\4 g\3 b\2> <a\5 g'\3 b\2>
> > }
> >
> >   \score {
> >   <<
> > %   \override StringNumber #'transparent = ##t
> >    \relative c'
> >
> >      {\song }
> >    }
> >
> >    \new TabStaff
> >
> >     {\song}
> >>>
> > }
>
> Looks to me like you are entering everything an octave too high.  From
> \relative c' the note e, just gives e while the lowest note of a guitar
> is actually e, .
>
> You are aware that guitar notes written in treble clef sound an octave
> lower than written?  "Correct" guitar notes are written using \clef
> "treble_8" though a lot of notes abound not bothering spelling out the
> octavation.
>
> But LilyPond does care about the actual pitch.  Check the Midi and
> compare with your instrument.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
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-- 
Pierre-Luc Gauthier

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