Re: using lilypond tab for French lute tab

[Rune Zedeler]

Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:

> > Now, the next question is, "How do I raise the letters so that they're
> > in the spaces between the lines and not on the lines?"

Just tell the tab-engraver to use 7 strings instead of 6:

#(define lute-tunings '(9 4 -1 -5 -10 -15 -20))
...
\score {
...
\property Score.stringTunings = #lute-tunings


(I don't know the proper tuning of a 7-string lute. I assumed guitar 
tuning with an a-string added above the upper e-string. The numbers are 
semitones relative to c')

> The tab-note-heads-engraver explicitely denies note heads on the
> lines:
>
>       int pos = 2 * tab_string - number_of_strings - 1; // No tab-note between 
> the string !!!

No, it explicitly denies note-heads between the strings - that is not 
the same :-)

> so you'll have to use LilyPond's \override mechanism with extra-offset.

No. :-)


-Rune