Re: Violin tab for fiddle tunes

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> "R.D. Latimer" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I'm searching for decent examples of violin tab, I don't see many out there
>> on the web.
>> Here's one
>> http://www.jaybuckey.com/pdf/Free%20Tablature/amazing_grace_fiddle_tablature.pdf
>>
>> It'd be great if Lilypond has this feature,
>> Thanks again
>
> The problem here is that this is indeed not really as much a tablature
> as a fingering chart.  The information is incomplete.

To get more concrete: let's assume that we are talking about a fiddling
piece like the following unfinished fragment I found lying on my hard
drive.  The fingering instructions are not necessarily wholly complete
or accurate since I actually don't have a violin in my house and did not
have one at the time I wrote this down.

But you should be able to figure it out nonetheless.  In the first
measure, there is a already a certain position/fingering divergence
because of physical necessities.  Still, this is a rather
straightforward shuffle.  So how would you want to have the first
measure look in tablature?

A scan or photograph of a sketch is fine.

\language "deutsch"

\version "2.17.20"
melody = {
   \clef treble
   \set Staff.midiInstrument = "violin"
   \key d \major
   \time 4/4  % s2.. <a fis'>16 <a fis'>
 <a fis'>16 <a fis'> <fis' a'> <a fis'> <a e'> <e' a'> <a d'> <a d'>
 <a fis'>-1-3 <a fis'> <a fis'> <fis' h'> <a fis'> <a fis'> <fis' c''> <a fis'>
 <a fis'> <a fis'> <fis' a'> <a fis'> <a e'> <e' a'> <a d'> <a d'>
 <h fis'> <h fis'> <h fis'> <fis' c''> <h fis'> <h fis'> <fis' h'> <h fis'>
 <h fis'> <h fis'> <g' h'> <h g'> <h fis'> <fis' h'> <h e'> <h e'>
 <cis' e'> <cis' e'> <cis' e'> <e' cis''> <cis' e'> <cis' e'> <e' h'> <cis' e'>
 <cis' a'> <cis' a'> <a' a'> <cis' a'> <cis' g'> <g' a'> <cis' e'> <cis' e'>
 <fis' a'> <c' fis'> <c' fis'> <fis' h'> <h fis'> <h fis'> <fis' a'> <b fis'>
 <a fis'> <a fis'> <fis' a'> <a fis'> <a e'> <e' a'> <a d'> <a d'>
 <a fis'>-1-3 <a fis'> <a fis'> <fis' c''> <a fis'> <a fis'> <fis' h'> <a fis'>
 <a fis'> <a fis'> <fis' a'> <a fis'> <a e'> <e' a'> <a d'> <a d'>
 <h fis'> <h fis'> <h fis'> <fis' h'> <h fis'> <h fis'> <fis' c''> <h fis'>
 <h g'> <h g'> <g' h'> <h g'> <h fis'> <fis' h'> <h e'> <h e'>
 <a' a'>-4-0 <cis' a'>-3-4 <c' a'>-2-4 <a' h'>-4-1 <h a'>-2-4 <b a'>-1-4-1 <a' 
c''> <h a'>
 <a' h'> <gis' h'> <a' g''> <g' a'> <g' c''> <cis'' g''> <g' c''> <e' dis'>

}

\score {
   \new Staff
   \melody
   \layout { }
   
  \midi {
    \tempo 4 = 60
    }


}


-- 
David Kastrup