Arpeggio. That is the funniest word in most guitar player circles. "No, it is not Italian cheese; that is asiago." </ahem>
To say, "play a G chord" means nothing. To say, "play the D-form of a G-major chord, in standard tuning, which....of course.....has the root on the 5th string", that would make more sense. I guess that is why You Tube is so popular. If tablature is the preference, then that is that. If standard notation is the preference, then there is nothing wrong with entering the notes as intended to be played, octave removed and all. Lot's of ledger lines above the staff, but that is standard notation. Thing is, getting a guitarist to do anything is rather a challenge, in my humble experience. How many guitarist does it take to change a light-bulb? 2. 1 to do it, the other to explain how much better they could have done it. ;-) I recommend knowing the audience that will read your music score and write for that audience. You clearly can do the work, it seems like a matter of end-user preference. -SHD On 09/20/2012 01:54 PM, david wrote: > My lead guitarist's response to the whole thing of scores was that > tablature is the only real guitar score, since it specifies string and > fret. But his non-tab music reading skills are pretty limited (no > classical training and he doesn't finger pick at all). > > So his reading would have been that the score doesn't give him the exact > note. ;-) > > On 09/20/2012 02:48 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: >> On 20/09/12 13:12, Stephen H. Dawson wrote: >>> This topic was covered in my schooling, in my last semester, by my >>> composition instructor. He is a smart guy. He did not know the guitar >>> was understood to be played one octave removed. >>> >>> I recommend either the old school or the new school way. >>> >>> Old School: >>> Put the label at the top of the 1st page, "...for guitar" >>> >>> New School: >>> Enter every note the exact way you want it played. >>> >>> Reality: >>> You will have to tell every guitarist that reads sheet music, all of >>> about 5% of the music world, that you want them to play that exact >>> note. >> Not to mention the lengthy (and rather boring :) debate about how >> harmonics should be notated, that is if the real note should be notated >> or the note corresponding to the guitar position (or in some cases even >> both!) >> >> Lorenzo. >> >>> Having played TAB since 1977 and standard notation since 1981, >>> the standard notation in the guitar world is still small. >>> >>> >>> What is the application that you need the latter approach? Can the >>> label approach suffice for your needs? >>> >>> Thank You, >>> Stephen H. Dawson >>> (865) 804-3454 >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/shdcs >>> >>> >>> On 09/20/2012 03:49 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: >>>> On 20/09/12 09:25, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: >>>>> On 09/19/2012 10:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> How do I make a piece I'm working on sound like the guitar >>>>>> i.e. 1 octave lower than the treble staff (normally) used >>>>>> for notation without changing the latter? >>>>> There are a few ways. In a new piece you can use "Create segments with" >>>>> in Track Parameters to set the track up ahead of time so that the >>>>> notation you draw there will come out using the guitar clef. >>>>> >>>>> In an existing piece, you can change the clef to a guitar clef manually >>>>> by double clicking the clef, then editing it until it shows "Treble down >>>>> an octave." >>>>> >>>>> I haven't played with that in the longest time, and don't have time to >>>>> set up my MIDI rig to experiment. Last time I worked on that code, >>>>> years ago, all the specialty clefs were working, and setting that up >>>>> should get just the result you want. >>>>> >>>>> You could also do this using a standard treble clef and setting the >>>>> transpose in Segment Parameters to -12. >>>> Personally I think that especially if you're going to print/export the >>>> score, this is the best option for one reason: 99% of (classical) guitar >>>> scores I've ever seen use a standard treble clef and give for granted >>>> that the guitar is a 'transposing' instrument. Wikipedia seems to >>>> contradict this [1] and says the octave clef is used for guitar from the >>>> 18th century. Go figure. >>>> >>>> Lorenzo >>>> >>>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clef#Octave_clefs >>>> >>>>> There are probably other ways still. See how far you get with this much. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
