Re: Assistance to Create a Recipe for 41-EDO and "Kite Guitar" Tablature

[Devin Ulibarri]

Hi,

Unfortunately, I do not really have the skills to put together a recipe
myself from the templates available (emphasis on "I do not have the
skills").

If others who are interested, who have the skills, would like to take
this on, I am happy to advise and introduce to the Kite Guitar team, who
are a great team of artists and leaders of various good causes.

Best,
Devin

Stefan Thomas:
> Dear Devin,
> did You succeed with your research? I would be interested in a file with
> definitions for notenames and accidental glyphs.
> Thanks,
> Stefan
> 
> Am Do., 29. Juli 2021 um 13:24 Uhr schrieb <devin@ulibarri.website>:
> 
>     Thank you; I will do some research.
> 
>     On 2021-07-28 13:49, Stefan Thomas wrote:
>     > Dear Devin,
>     > there's also the "society for ekmelic music"  in Salzburg, Austria.
>     > They also support mictronal notation with lilypond.
>     > Have a look at
>     > http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/extra/ekmelily.htm#Download
>     > Maybee this helps You!
>     > Best,
>     > Stefan
>     >
>     >> Hi All,
>     >>
>     >> I need help from users who have some experience with microtonality
>     >> (or overrides in general) in Lilypond to create a recipe for
>     >> lilypond notation for the Kite Guitar (kiteguitar.com
>     <http://kiteguitar.com> [1]). The Kite
>     >> Guitar uses 41 equal divisions of the octave in a clever way, which
>     >> balances practicality with playability to get a very close
>     >> approximation to 7-limit Just Intonation. I have made some attempts,
>     >> but I don't really know Lilypond so well that I can create a handy
>     >> recipe such as this. I did some research and found
>     >> http://x31eq.com/lilypond/ which is helpful, but I am unable to make
>     >> the necessary tweaks with my limited knowledge. (I am happy to send
>     >> over what I tried to do, but as my attempts have only failed I do
>     >> not want to confuse anyone.)
>     >>
>     >> The overarching specs are:
>     >> 1. 41 Equal Divisions of the Octave
>     >>
>     >> Tablature-specific:
>     >> 2. Frets are spaced two EDO-steps apart (i.e. 2 of the 41)
>     >> 3. Strings are tuned 13 EDO-steps apart (i.e. 13 of the 41)
>     >>
>     >> ^^Lilypond will either need to find the pitch, or allow the user to
>     >> override the current calculation as what I am getting is for a
>     >> standard guitar.
>     >>
>     >> Notation-specific:
>     >>
>     >> 4. There are Sharps and Flats, but there are also upwards "^",
>     >> double-upwards "^^", downwards "v", and "double-downwards "vv". (see
>     >> https://en.xen.wiki/w/Ups_and_Downs_Notation ) 5. There needs to be
>     >> some way to set upwards/downwards in the key signature. ^^ it would
>     >> be super-nice if this could be done globally, so that a composer can
>     >> focus on the music-making
>     >>
>     >> Chord-charts:
>     >>
>     >> 6. Support for chord charts such as
>     >>
>     >
>     
> https://en.xen.wiki/w/Kite_Guitar_Translations_by_Aaron_Wolf#Auld_Lang_Syne
>     >> Any help is appreciated. The growing community of Kite Guitar
>     >> players would really appreciate this (many of whom are fellow
>     >> software libre supporters/advocates). Also, I can send over some
>     >> sample scores created with MuseScore once I receive permission to
>     >> share them.
>     >>
>     >> Thanks in Advance!
>     >> Devin
>     >
>     >
>     > Links:
>     > ------
>     > [1] http://kiteguitar.com
>