2013/8/3 Rachael Thomas Carlson <[email protected]> > ** > > Hello Federico: > > > I wonder what's the meaning of the staff lines highlighted in purple... > > > > The TabStaff lines that are highlighted in purple indicate string-damping. > This is where the indicated right-hand finger rests or plants upon the > string indicated causing that string to *not* vibrate. The notation of this > technique is not without historical precedent. In harp notation there is a > symbol (looks kinda like a coda symbol) that is used to indicate that note > duration is to be exact. Good classical guitar players will instinctively > damp the strings in order to play the correct note duration. In Fingerstyle > guitar, the notation of a semi-transparent line to connote string-damping > was first introduced by John Stropes for the music of Michael Hedges. In > the fingerstyle sphere a professional transcription can almost always be > marked by the presence of string-damping notation. In short, the purple > line is the notation of silence. > > >
Ok, I see: a note would help. I don't know Stropes books > > > Also, all the slides in your piece seem non legato, because they are not > slurred. I use to write legato slides as: > > > c( \glissando d) > > > > I am not familiar with legato slides. Do you have an example that you > could share with me? I am intrigued. > > > Well, it's just the usual slide, where the second note is not picked.That's why it's usually notated with a slur also. In non legato slides both notes are picked, second note included. > But my tablature references are probably very different from yours. > > > > I studied fingerstyle guitar with John Stropes for about eight years. My > transcription and typesetting techniques are largely due to the quality of > transcription that John has published. Although, I must say that Lilypond > is a much more beautiful program than Finale for fingerstyle guitar > notation. > > > > I have made quite a bit of headway on my current transcriptions. The issue > with sharing the ones that I am working on now is that I do not own the > copyright of the music. I would have to get permission from the artist to > share any bit of it. > > > > One big thing that I am doing differently now is: Slurs. I no longer use > the slur function in tabulature. I use something like this: > > > > c4~ <\tweak TabNoteHead #'transparent ##t c\5 a,\5> > > > > I created a little shortcut so that I can use \fakeSlur to mean a > transparent TabNoteHead. I use this now because I like the look of ties in > tabulature more more than the look of slurs in tabulature. > yes, I noted that when using \tabFullNotation (as you do) the slurs don't look good on TabStaff but I never use \tabFullNotation :-) > Feel free to share the recording if you have found it, I enjoy fingerstyle > guitar ;-) > > > > The recording is from 2005. I was 17. I would be quite embarrassed to > share it. I will consider it though. Oh, a friend of mine might be > recording it soon. I will definitely share that. > > > > > Ok, I understand :-) PS If you happen to be in Italy, don't miss the Six Bars Jail folk club in Florence: http://www.sixbarsjail.it/ Many fingerstyle legends have come to play at our club. We have interesting concerts starting from September. Disclaimer: we don't do it for profit, so it's not bad advertisement.
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