I'm searching for decent examples of violin tab, I don't see many out there on the web. Here's one http://www.jaybuckey.com/pdf/Free%20Tablature/amazing_grace_fiddle_tablature.pdf
It'd be great if Lilypond has this feature, Thanks again On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:45 AM, R.D. Latimer <rdlati...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, yes that makes sense from a fret number point of view. > Unfortunately from a violinist/fiddler point of view, the semitone notation > does no good. > > For example, on a violin, in the simplest 1st position: > (2nd string) A string: A open, Bb/B 1st finger, C/C# 2nd finger, D 3rd > finger, E 4th finger or open E string > > (3rd string) D string: D open, Eb/E 1st finger, F/F# 2nd finger, G/G# 3rd > finger, A 4th or open A > > So in first position on violin, "frets 1/2" are 1st finger, "frets 3/4" > are 2nd finger, "frets 5/6" are 3rd finger. > I don't think fiddle players would want to bother trying to make this > translation in their head while playing. > > It would be great for fiddle players and fiddle tunes, to have a tab for > fingering. > I don't think the semitone notation will do any good for violin playing in > tab. > > Let me know if there is a way in Lilypond for tab fingering in this case. > Otherwise I'm not sure it's worth having the tab for violin/fiddle, > Thanks > > > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:18 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> "R.D. Latimer" <rdlati...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > I'd like help getting started with transcribing fiddle tunes with music >> and >> > tab. >> > >> > Here's my initial try (first two measures) >> > The fingering for the violin is not correct in the tab. Fingering >> should be: >> > 2 0 0 2 0 0 | 3 1 1 3 0 1 | >> >> That's a misunderstanding what a tab shows. The tab does not show >> fingerings but rather positions. And it counts those positions in >> "frets", namely semitones. As far as I can see, the results are quite >> correct. >> >> Now I haven't ever used tablature for violin, and I definitely agree >> that the numbers seem to increase ridiculously fast as a violinist would >> likely think more in wholetone positions rather than semitone positions: >> >> Playing "in third position" to a violinist means playing a major or >> minor third above playing "in first position" when using the same >> fingering. It may be different for players of violoncello or double >> bass. Or fretted instruments like a viol. >> >> So at any rate, the TAB delivers the _full_ information you need for >> playing the melody. I'm not sure how it could do so when only using a >> wholetone numbering system. >> >> Most relevantly, the TAB looks like expected by the _programmers_. Do >> you have any printed examples that would help the programmers to >> understand how it should look like in order to meet _your_ expectations? >> >> -- >> David Kastrup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > >
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