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Re: Question about Custom Tablature in NR
From: |
Carl Sorensen |
Subject: |
Re: Question about Custom Tablature in NR |
Date: |
Thu, 5 May 2011 11:41:01 -0600 |
On 5/5/11 10:46 AM, "James Lowe" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking at tidying up some parts of this in the NR (not changing anything
> technically) and would like a clarification on something.
>
> We state:
>
> --snip--
>
> The \makeStringTuning function is used to create a string tuning
> without setting the stringTunings property in the current context.
> The arguments to makeStringTuning are the symbol to be
> used for the new string tuning and a chord construct used
> to define the tuning.
>
> --snip--
>
> Further up we say (I am paraphrasing)
>
> --snip--
>
> \contextStringTuning takes two arguments:
>
>
> 1. The symbol in which the string tuning will be stored.
>
> 2. The chord construct that defines the pitches of each string in the
> tuning. This must be in absolute octave mode,
> The string with the highest number
> (generally the lowest string) must come first in the chord.
>
> --snip--
>
> My question is does \makeStringTuning also require the pitches to be absolute
> mode as well?
Yes. The chord constructs for defining the tunings are identical for
\contextStringTuning and \makeStringTuning.
Thanks,
Carl