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From: Luke Emmet <[1][email protected]>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 at 08:47
Subject: Re: [LUTE] LuteScribe 1.1 released
To: stephen arndt <[2][email protected]>
Hi Stephen
Yes there is a simple tutorial for LuteScribe within its help file.
LuteScribe has a close conceptual model to TAB text format, rotated to
be easier to understand and using a familiar historic style font.
So for example in the tab text format a simple bar might be:
b
1.cdda
2d c
1f e
xd
b
1cdda
in LuteScribe you would type it as follows into the grid of chord cells
in the editing area. Here I'm using a fix width font to indicate the
layout, but actually it is a grid like a spreadsheet that you can use
your cursor in - the normal editing is very rapid and natural.
b 1. 2 1 b 1
c d f d c
d d
d d
a c e a
Conceptually this is simply the TAB text commands rotated (and no "x"
needed to indicate "same as previous), and all the courses are lined up
correctly. In the editor, the top line uses a special font so it will
look like the expected historic flags. Bar lines will be shown. So it
should look good enough to play from as you edit. To see the final
typeset output press the "Print preview" tab. You can also playback the
audio or save as PDF.
Otherwise all the TAB commands and headers are valid. LuteScribe
includes a copy of TAB, together with its appendix and manual (by
Leonard Williams) which provides a tutorial on the various TAB commands
available.
Otherwise the application should be fairly self-explanatory - there is
an integrated help provided with further explanation.
If you are interested in baroque tabulature, you can use a "-b" command
in the headers and TAB will format the output using a nice baroque
style tabulature font.
Best Wishes
- Luke
On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 at 00:52, stephen arndt
<[3][email protected]> wrote:
Hello, Luke!
Thank you for your hard work and generous offer. I have both Fronimo
and
Fandango (or whatever the latest name is). I haven't used the
former in
ages, but, if I remember correctly, it doesn't handle baroque lute
so well.
The latter is a very powerful program, but has become rather
complicated to
use as a result. I would like to give LuteScribe a try. Is there any
tutorial to teach one how to use it, or is it so intuitively obvious
that no
prior instruction is necessary?
Thank you,
Stephen
-----Original Message-----
From: Luke Emmet
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 6:25 PM
To: [4][email protected]
Subject: [LUTE] LuteScribe 1.1 released
Dear Lute list
I'm pleased to announce that LuteScribe 1.1 is released.
LuteScribe is a Windows program for editing, viewing and playing
lute
tabulature, compatible with a range of common tabulature formats,
including TAB, Fronimo and Fandango. It is free and open source
(GPL3)
software for the lute playing community. Anyone with the inclination
and
some software development skills can make their own improvements and
contribute them back. LuteScribe builds on a number of existing
libraries and applications, but in particular Wayne Cripps TAB which
is
used under the hood to produce the attractive typeset output.
The main improvements in this latest version include:
- 50% faster to edit tabulature (fewer keystrokes needed)
- easy to learn editing model - very similar to a spreadsheet
- audio playback option - hear the piece as it is being written
using
a high quality software synthesizer
- UI improvements and bug fixes
- inbuild menus of common formatting commands
- new commands Cut, SelectAll, DeleteStave
- new application icon
For further details including screenshots and to download the latest
installer (v1.1.4) can be found here:
[5]https://www.orlando-lutes.com/pages/lutescribe
More fixes and improvements are planned over the coming months.
Best Wishes
- Luke Emmet
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