On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Trevor Daniels <t.dani...@treda.co.uk> wrote: >> Hello, would this kind of ancient tablatures very difficult to do? >> >> http://www.mateus-lutes.com/tablature/ > > I don't know, but it is very beautiful, isn't it!
Yes indeed. I'm CCing the tablatures list, and perhaps we could consider a feature request in the tracker at some point? > It is Baroque Lute TAB (in the French, German, > English style). > > My lute contact (step-son) tells me it's > typeset using Fronimo: > > http://www.theaterofmusic.com/fronimo/ > (windows only, I'm afraid) > > For interest, he also says how to read it: > > The symbols above the staff are the note > values, minim, crochet etc..., the letters > on the strings are fret numbers (the sequence > from a - open string - is: > a, b, r , d, e, f, g, h, j, k, l, m). > > The comma after a letter indicates decoration > (different depending on the composer). > > The dots, single & double indicate the finger > on the right hand that plucks the string. > > The staff indicates the first 6 strings and > the basses are indicated below the staff as > follows in descending order: a a/ a// a/// 4 5 6 > > There's a lot more information and another > lute tab typesetter at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/AboutTab.html > > Trevor _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user