Re: Errors when using TabStaff with stringTunings

[Blöchl Bernhard]

I sent that post on Monday August 24th at about 17:00 UTC. It never 
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that mail again.


I cannot tell you the reason
      #'( -5 -10 -15 -20)
does not work. But I can tell you how I do it:


%~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\version "2.18.0"

five-bass = \stringTuning < b,, e, a, d g >

yourmusic = {
 \key g \minor
 R1*12
 r8 bes'8\1 bes'\1 bes'\1 r8 a'\1 a'\1 a'\1 r
      c''\1 c''\1 c''\1 r bes'\1 bes'\1 bes'\1
 r bes'\1 bes'\1 bes'\1 r a'\1 a'\1 a'\1 r
      d''\1 d''\1 d''\1 r d''\1 d''\1 d''\1
 r8 bes'8\1 bes'\1 bes'\1 r8 a'\1 a'\1 a'\1 r
      c''\1 c''\1 c''\1 r bes'\1 bes'\1 bes'\1
 r bes'\1 bes'\1 bes'\1 r a'\1 a'\1 a'\1 d''\1
      d''\1 d''\1 d''\1 d''\1 d''\1 d''\1 d''\1
}


\score {
 \new StaffGroup <<
 \new TabStaff <<
 %\set TabStaff.stringTunings = #'( -5 -10 -15 -20)
 \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #five-bass
 {
 \yourmusic
 }
 >>
 >>
 \layout{}
}

      %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That even works with \version "2.12.3".
If you really have a 6 string bass extend the string list. I think to
six-bass = \stringTuning <b,, e, a, d g c'>



Am 24.08.2015 22:12, schrieb Kevin Nowaczyk:
> Thanks for the help everyone,
>
> I would up changing the stringTungings line to:
> \set Staff.stringTunings = \stringTuning <e,, a,, d, g,>
> And everything works fine. However, I also tried the notaion:
> \set Staff.stringTunings = #bass-tuning
> but that didn't work. I'll have to figure that out at a later time.
>
> All-in-all, I installed mediawiki with the Score plugin to show off a
> few guitar tabs I transcribed a few years ago. If you're curious, the
> first one (that now works) is here:
> http://wiki.beakerboy.com/index.php/Steven_Smith
>
> Thanks Again,
> Kevin Nowaczyk
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 8/24/15, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: Errors when using TabStaff with stringTunings
>  To: "Kevin Nowaczyk" <address@hidden>
>  Cc: address@hidden
>  Date: Monday, August 24, 2015, 12:36 PM
>
>  Kevin Nowaczyk <address@hidden>
>  writes:
>
>  > I have a lilypond file
>  which used to parse perfectly well several
>  > years ago.
>
>  Run convert-ly -ed on the file.  At least on
>  your example file, it
>  upgraded the version
>  successfully.  The resulting code is rather ugly
>  but works.  You might want to look up the
>  \stringTuning function in the
>  notation
>  manual in order to do this in a prettier way.
>
>  --
>  David
>  Kastrup
>
>
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