Hello, this community continues to amaze me. For me this is really mind blowing :-). Wow, thanks, I'm without words here. It is indeed exactly what I could use!
Concerning the meaning of the line, I think I was right. Yesterday, on archive.org, I found a book by Willi Appel from 1949, 'The Notation of Polyphonic Music 900-1600', where he describes the use of these lines in lute tablature with a transcription. The technique was called 'close play' or 'covered play': https://archive.org/details/notationofpolyph1953apel/page/70/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=covered+play Maybe this book is of interest as a source for other people who are working on music from that time. grtz, Bart https://esmiltania.be On Twitter <https://twitter.com/Bart_Issimo> On Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116379400376517483499/> Op za 27 mrt. 2021 om 12:02 schreef Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com >: > > > Am Mi., 24. März 2021 um 23:03 Uhr schrieb bart deruyter < > bart.deruy...@gmail.com>: > >> hello all, >> I've continued working on my tablature for 4-course renaissance guitar. >> - I've got the old-style rhythm notation, the letters by using a specific >> font (could we get these types of letters implemented in lilypond's default >> font? I guess lute players would feel very happy about it too.) >> - I've got the dots in stroke-finger notation. >> - So far only the diagonal lines are a real puzzle to me. >> [image: image.png] >> Deciphering tablatures I understood that sustained notes are described >> with these lines. Here the note on fret 'c' rings until the note on fret >> 'a' is played. >> > > Not sure you're right, Though, I'm not an expert for renaissance-guitar > >> >> I've tried to implement them by using glissandi, but I'd have to adjust >> the start and endpoint to get them to look right if it's the right thing to >> use. >> I haven't found it in the manual yet to adjust the glissando line. Does >> anyone here have an idea? >> They're not meant to represent sustained notes of course, but I haven't >> found another line that would better suit the purpose. >> Would it be possible to modify piano sustain markings and use them in >> tablature for this purpose? Or is there some other type of 'line' I could >> use or even create? >> >> thanks in advance, >> >> Bart >> > > Sounds more like a use case for DurationLine, a quite new grob/feature for > contemporary music. > But why not use it here as well? > Needs some tweaking, though. The default is always horizontal. > > \version "2.22.0" > > \score { > << > \new TabStaff > \with { > \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing.padding = #5 > } > << > \new TabVoice { r8 <d' g'> q b } > \new TabVoice { g,4.\- r8 } > >> > \new TabStaff > << > \new TabVoice { r8 <d' g'> q b } > \new TabVoice { > %% see comment below > \override DurationLine.details.line-y-padding = 0.3 > g,4.\- r8 > } > >> > >> > > \layout { > ragged-right = ##t > \context { > \TabVoice > \consists "Duration_line_engraver" > %% adjust to taste > \override DurationLine.bound-details.left.padding = 1.5 > %% adjust to taste > \override DurationLine.thickness = 1.2 > \override DurationLine.stencil = > #(lambda (grob) > ;; see `duration-line::calc', `duration-line::print' in > output-lib.scm > (let* (;; To calculate the stencil, get basic values from > ;; `duration-line::calc' > (dur-line-basics (duration-line::calc grob)) > (staff-space (assoc-get 'staff-space dur-line-basics)) > (x-start (assoc-get 'x-start dur-line-basics)) > (x-end (assoc-get 'x-end dur-line-basics)) > (scaled-y (* staff-space (assoc-get 'y dur-line-basics))) > ;; Provide a new subproperty of 'details to offer > customizable > ;; padding between the staff-lines and vertical start/end > of > ;; DurationLine > (details (ly:grob-property grob 'details)) > (line-y-padding (assoc-get 'line-y-padding details 0.1))) > (ly:line-interface::line > grob > x-start > (+ scaled-y line-y-padding) > x-end > (- (+ scaled-y staff-space) line-y-padding) ))) > } > } > } > > Cheers, > Harm > > >
