Re: Open Tuning Conversion

[Jack Cooper]

--- Martin Seng Hin Yew <address@hidden> wrote:

> Dear lilypond users,
> 
> I'm copying some fingerstyle guitar score. Most of the songs are in open 
> tuning (like D A D G A D) and crosstuning (like E-B-E-G-B-E). The 
> notation is hard to read because it is totally different from standard 
> tuning. I'm refering a standard 6-strings guitar.
> 
> I'm asking, is there a command to convert the altered notes, to standard 
> note (e.g. the 2nd string 1st fret should read C in score, not A#) but 
> the guitar remains DADGAD tuning?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
> 

I hate responding twice, but I shoulda read the docs more 
carefully the past few months :-)

If you read the Guitar section of the documentation, and then
go to non-guitar tablatures, you will find an example of how
to alter the tablature tuning for any stringed instrument.

Cheers,

  Jack