Hello!
I don't know if what I will say really fits into MuseScore, but I'm a
guitarist and I mostly use tabs when writing so here is what I think/know
and hopefully what some of what I say will be helpfull.
I agree with Marc, fretless basses should have in my opinion tabs, but for
me it makes sense to have tabs for acoustic basses, contrabasses, even
violins. For me, if I can "draw" frets on an instrument with strings, then
I can write a tab. From a guitarist point of view, a tab should match the
number of strings of that instrument and it's tunning(s) and from there I
can number linearly up the neck of the instrument and I can write a tab for
it. Moreover, for instruments with no strings, I think that the expected
way to create a tab would be to create a standard guitar tab (6 lines,
standard tunning E A D G B E) and what is written as a tab should be
translated in standard notation for that instrument. I've wrote flute and
violin scores in this way. Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting a way to
create tabs for flutes and violins, just a way in which I can write this
tab and then be translated into standard notation.
As for the tunning/number of strings for guitars and basses I don't think
these should be hardcoded. These days basses with 5-6 strings and guitars
with 7-8 strings are common. Also, various tunnings for guitars and basses
are used aside from the standard ones. For example my guitar is tunned in
drop C ( C G C F A D ). I think that there should be a way in which the
user could choose the tunning and the number of strings.
Again, I'm not sure if this fits into MuseScore's target, since these are
mostly used in rock/metal world, but in the future there might be a lot of
requests them. I can get into more details if you think anything from above
is worth implementing. :)
Andrei
2014-06-03 0:08 GMT+03:00 Marc Sabatella <m...@outsideshore.com>:
> On 06/02/2014 02:46 PM, Joachim Schmitz wrote:
> > Does tab make sense on fretless string instruments? No tab, no
> stringdata needed, right? Accoustic bass would (always?) be fretless, bass
> guitar and electric bass usually not.
>
> Acoustic basses are indeed virtually always fretless. At most I've seen
> some beginners coming over from bass guitar *draw* frets. But the usual
> language of acoustic bass players is more like that of violins=, viola,
> or cello players - they speak of hand positions, not frets, and they
> don't actually number linearly up the neck.
>
> On the other hand, fretless electric basses are also common, and there
> is no particular reason someone playing or writing for that instrument
> wouldn't use tab. Even without physical frets, the concept hasn't
> changed. If you are playing a bass guitar, you still "think" in terms
> of frets.
>
> Marc
>
>
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