Laurie Griffiths wrote
>Well of course you need to specify the tuning for tablature.
Obviously.
>The only interesting question is "how much
>of this, if any, should be encoded in the ABC.
None at all, because ABC is not tablature. The recipient could be playing
anything from a carillon to a Mongolian nose flute.
>It applies to not just one instrument but to a fairly large family,
>including unfretted instruments such as violin.
>(guitar, 5 string banjo, tenor banjo, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki,
>balalaika, bass guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass, viola da gamba,
>cittern, vihuelha, ud, p'i-p'a, gekkin, sitar, vina, tampura, lute and no
>doublt many others).
and you "generate G;4 for G on string 4" for all of these?
(Including the balalaika?)
Bryan Creer
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