All, my offer stands to act as a consultant on the implementation of historical tablature in lilypond (if you choose to do so).
My posting yesterday was made to offer information I hoped would be helpful, including making the point that there are living readers of Italian tablature. Tablature is one system of notation that I use in making music. In its context it is perfect for the job. At times I happily use ordinary staff notation or figured bass. I would not want to adopt one system to the exclusion of all others, as each has its advantages, and of course, disadvantages. I joined this list for help with using lilypond. And was pleased to be able to offer information to the list that I hoped would be useful. I am not here to debate the way I make music, which is perfectly legitimate, harms no one, and has given me much pleasure, comfort and solace over the years. And on occasion, I'm pleased to say it has given pleasure to others. I have been playing the lute for 27 years (and before anyone asks, no, I've never been a guitarist), and have considerable experience in reading from historical tablatures (except German, which I have not yet tackled, but surely will). I'm familiar with its quirks. And that is why I would be happy to offer assistance in the implementation of historical tablature - should the developers of lilypond choose to do it. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that tablature notation was being implemented at all in lilypond. I play a lot of duets with my partner (who plays recorder), and make arrangements (from madrigals or solo lute music) using lilypond for the recorder part, and Tab or Fronimo for the lute part (which would either be in tablature or figured bass). To be able to do it all, well, in one free program would be most welcome to me. Laura Conrad kindly pointed me in the direction of abctab2ps, which I have installed, and look forward to experimenting with. OK, that's enough. I will not discuss this any further. Cheers, Anna -- Anna Langley London UK _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
