"R.D. Latimer" <[email protected]> writes: > 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.
But the point is that tablature is supposed to convey pitches on strings, not fingerings. If you use a melodic E minor scale on the D string, you'll finger dis'-1 e'-2 fis'-3 g'-4 so the fingering is off from the positions anyway. > It would be great for fiddle players and fiddle tunes, to have a tab > for fingering. It could be argued that the normal notation is pretty close already... You're certainly off better than cellists or flutists. I _think_ that there are tabs for fiddle playing, but I don't really know how they are organized and whether the information presented there is conclusive regarding the resulting pitch. > 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, Maybe you can try finding out whether tabs are being used for your style of music, and if so, how they look? I come from a classical background myself, and even though I played quite a bit of folk and stuff, I don't remember having seen anything like tablature so far. I _think_ that there might be something like tab for violins, but I have no idea where I might have seen it, whether it was in use for more than just one book/author, and which style exactly was associated with it (bluegrass maybe?). In any book I have possessed, it would not have been more than a passing mention I'd think. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
