Re: overlapping notes transcribing to tablature

[Marc Schonbrun]

On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Marten Visser wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to create tablature for guitar from regular notes. I have a 
> piece with chords and melody, formatted for a piano staff.
> 
> For conversion to tablature, Lilypond guesses the string and fret to play the 
> note on. This may lead to two or more notes on the same string on different 
> frets at the same time. In such cases, the fretnumbers appear on top of one 
> another.
> 
> I use these transcriptions and give them to a guitar player, who will then 
> seek out what will be good fingerings. Unfortunately, when the fretnumbers 
> are printed on top of one another, he can't see them and so he can't 
> transcibe them or he'll need to read the regular notes, which is difficult 
> for many (amateur) guitarists.
> 
> Is there a way to get lilypond to write simultaneous notes on the same string 
> next to one another, separated by a comma or so?
> 
> Example:
> ===========================
> % Example: Overlapping notes on tablature
> 
> \version "2.12.0"
> 
> % ------------------- Notes ----------------------
> musicalContent = #(define-music-function (parser location) ()
> #{
>       c4 a' <c, a'> <a' c,> |
> #})
> 
> % ---------------- Typesetting -------------------
> \score { <<
>       \new StaffGroup
>               <<
>               \new Staff = "regular"
>                       <<
>                       \relative c'' \musicalContent
>                       >>
>                       \new TabStaff = "tablature"
>                       <<
>                               \relative c'' \musicalContent
>                       >>
>               >>
>       >>
> }
> ===========================
> 
> Example shows fret 8 and 17 on top of one another, resulting in 87 or 17, 
> depending on which one is printed first.
> 
> Entering the fretnumbers manually is explicitly not an option, as I'm not a 
> guitarist, and lilypond's transcription to tablature is the starting point 
> for the proper fingering for the guitarist I work together with.
> 
> 

Marten,

When I typset your example with 2.13-30, I get the following notation. Looks 
like whatever was happening to you is corrected on 2.13.30. 

Marc

Tab test.pdf
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