Bob Stricklin <[email protected]> writes: > I am new to Lilypond and can not get Tablature for guitar to work like I > think it should. > > The documentation indicates Lilypond will select the lowest fret and open > strings. > > When I run my example below the tablature selects fret position 12 and not > zero for three of the note groups. > I want it to select zero for all strings played. Is there an easy solution to > this issue? > > Its odd that the code works properly for one of the three note groupings. > > This is to represent finger picking a bass note and two other notes with > fingers. > > My Simplified code input using Frescobaldi on Ubuntu 18.04. > > \version "2.18.2" > > song = { > <e, g'\3 b\2> <a\5 g'\3 b\2> <d\4 g\3 b\2> <a\5 g'\3 b\2> > } > > \score { > << > % \override StringNumber #'transparent = ##t > \relative c' > > {\song } > } > > \new TabStaff > > {\song} >>> > }
Looks to me like you are entering everything an octave too high. From \relative c' the note e, just gives e while the lowest note of a guitar is actually e, . You are aware that guitar notes written in treble clef sound an octave lower than written? "Correct" guitar notes are written using \clef "treble_8" though a lot of notes abound not bothering spelling out the octavation. But LilyPond does care about the actual pitch. Check the Midi and compare with your instrument. -- David Kastrup My replies have a tendency to cause friction. To help mitigating damage, feel free to forward problematic posts to me adding a subject like "timeout 1d" (for a suggested timeout of 1 day) or "offensive".
