Dear Devin, there's also the "society for ekmelic music" in Salzburg, Austria. They also support mictronal notation with lilypond. Have a look at http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/extra/ekmelily.htm#Download Maybee this helps You! Best, Stefan
> Hi All, > > > I need help from users who have some experience with microtonality (or > overrides > in general) in Lilypond to create a recipe for lilypond notation for the > Kite Guitar (kiteguitar.com). The Kite Guitar uses 41 equal divisions of > the octave in a clever way, which balances practicality with playability > to get a very close approximation to 7-limit Just Intonation. I have made > some attempts, but I don't really know Lilypond so well that I can create > a handy recipe such as this. I did some research and found > http://x31eq.com/lilypond/ which is helpful, but I am unable to make the > necessary > tweaks with my limited knowledge. (I am happy to send over what I tried > to do, but as my attempts have only failed I do not want to confuse > anyone.) > > The overarching specs are: > 1. 41 Equal Divisions of the Octave > > Tablature-specific: > 2. Frets are spaced two EDO-steps apart (i.e. 2 of the 41) > 3. Strings are tuned 13 EDO-steps apart (i.e. 13 of the 41) > > ^^Lilypond will either need to find the pitch, or allow the user to override > the current calculation as what I am getting is for a standard guitar. > > Notation-specific: > > 4. There are Sharps and Flats, but there are also upwards "^", double-upwards > "^^", downwards "v", and "double-downwards "vv". (see > https://en.xen.wiki/w/Ups_and_Downs_Notation ) 5. There needs to be some > way to set upwards/downwards in the key signature. ^^ it would be > super-nice if this could be done globally, so that a composer can focus > on the music-making > > Chord-charts: > > 6. Support for chord charts such as > https://en.xen.wiki/w/Kite_Guitar_Translations_by_Aaron_Wolf#Auld_Lang_Syne > Any > help is appreciated. The growing community of Kite Guitar players would > really appreciate this (many of whom are fellow software libre > supporters/advocates). > Also, I can send over some sample scores created with MuseScore once I > receive permission to share them. > > Thanks in Advance! > Devin > > > >
