Re: Harmonica tablature

[sheltraw]

Hi Bradford

I will take detailed look at your code this weekend.

Thanks so much!

> I had started a thread about a month ago about harmonica tab. Mark's
> demonstration file has helped me understand how define-music-funciton
> can be used here.
>
> I've attached an iteration with unicode arrows to indicate breath
> direction (blow or draw) and holes for a standard C-tuning diatonic
> harmonica. I also included horizontal bars to indicate half-step
> bends. I'm not completely happy with the arrows and how they compose
> with horizontal lines (probably manually specifying lines to draw the
> arrows would be better).
>
> The other issue that I'm not happy about is how ties are handled.
> Ideally a tab marking would not be present when a there is not a new
> note being sounded. Alternatively, I guess tie events could be
> captured and some notation made in the tab line.
>
> Also, note that it is important to use "\harmonicaTab \relative c' {
> }" rather than "\relative c' \harmonicaTab { }" so that tab numbers
> are in the appropriate octave.
>
> -- Bradford Powell
> -- address@hidden
>