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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2023-10-09 03:05:28 +0000 |
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diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex index d2bdd3d75a..c11c389efa 100644 --- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex +++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex @@ -1689,6 +1689,91 @@ These are generated by, respectively, \end{tabular} \end{list} + \section{musixmtab}\index{tablature}\index{musixmtab@{\tt musixmtab.tex}}\label{mtab} + +Modern instrumentalists of string instruments (guitar, banjo, mandolin, etc.) +use a hybrid form of tablature in which notes have (downward) stems and beams attached.% +\footnote{It seems this ``modern'' form of tablature was introduced by Pete Seeger in his 5-string banjo +instruction book, first published in 1948.} +The \verb\musixmtab\\index{musixmtab} package combines traditional Gelten-style tablature notation +already in \musixtex\ with the stems and beams of standard music notation. +It is assumed that there is at most one beam (beam number $0$) and that all stems are downward. + +In the following commands, +\{$s$\} is a string number (counting from the top) and \{$n$\} is a numerical note (i.e., fret number). + +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{ll} +\keyindex{uh}\{$s$\}\{$n$\} & a half note (boxed, to differentiate from a quarter note)\\ +\keyindex{zuh}\{$s$\}\{$n$\} & a non-spacing stemless half note\\ +\keyindex{uq}\{$s$\}\{$n$\} & a quarter note (with a centered stem)\\ +\keyindex{uc}\{$s$\}\{$n$\} & an eighth note (with a flag)\\ +\keyindex{ucc}\{$s$\}\{$n$\} & a sixteenth note (with a double flag)\\ +\keyindex{zu}\{$s$\}\{$n$\} & a non-spacing stemless quarter, eighth or sixteenth note\\ +\keyindex{uib}\{$s$\}\{$l$\} & initiate a single beam; $s$ is the starting string and $l$ is the slope\\ +\keyindex{uibb}\{$s$\}\{$l$\} & initiate a double beam; $s$ is the starting string and $l$ is the slope\\ +\keyindex{ub}\{$s$\}\{$n$\} & a beamed note\\ +\keyindex{unbb} & increase the beam multiplicity to 2\\ +\keyindex{utbb} & decrease the beam mutiplicity to 1 after the following note\\ +\keyindex{utb} & terminate the beam after the following note\\ +\keyindex{utq}\{$s$\}\{$n$\} & terminate the beam after this note\\ + +\end{tabular} +\end{center} +Conventional \musixtex\ commands such as \verb|pt| and \verb|arpeggio| may be used but arguments must reference \musixtex\ note +designations rather than string numbers. + +Here is an example, {\it Cripple Creek}, for 5-string banjo in standard G tuning, clawhammer style: + +\begin{music} +\parindent=2ex +\input musixmtab +\setclefsymbol1\tabclef\setsize1{\largevalue}\setsign10 +\setname1{\tabstringfnt\baselineskip=1.2\internote% +\vbox{\hbox{D}\hbox{B}\hbox{G}\hbox{D}\hbox{\ g}}} +\generalmeter{\meterfrac24} +\startbarno1 +\nobarnumbers +\nostartrule +\startpiece\addspace\afterruleskip +\notes\uibb40\ub12\lcn{10}{\it SL}\ub15\zu15\zu20\ub30\utq50\en +\notes\uibb40\ub10\ccn{10}{\it T}\ub20\ub10\utq50\en +\bar%2 +\Notes\uib24\ub21\utq12\en +\Notes\uib40\ub10\en +\notes\unbb\zu10\zu20\ub30\utq50\en +\bar%3 +\notes\uibb40\ub12\lcn{10}{\it SL}\ub15\zu15\zu20\ub30\utq50\en +\notes\uibb40\ub10\ccn{10}{\it T}\ub20\ub10\utq50\en +\bar%4 +\notes\uibb2{-2}\ub21\utbb\ccn9{\it P}\ub20\en +\Notes\utq32\en +\Notes\uib40\ub30\en +\notes\unbb\zu10\zu20\ub30\utq50\en +\setrightrepeat +\alaligne +\zleftrepeat +\notes\uibb40\ub32\lcn{9}{\it SL}\ub34\zu10\zu20\ub34\utq50\en +\notes\uibb3{-1}\ub32\utbb\ccn9{\it P}\ub30\utq42\en +\bar +\notes\uibb40\ub32\lcn9{\it SL}\ub34\zu10\zu20\ub34\utq50\en +\Notes\uib40\ub40\en +\notes\unbb\zu10\zu20\ub30\utq50\en +\bar +\notes\uibb40\ub32\lcn9{\it SL}\ub34\zu10\zu20\ub34\utq50\en +\notes\uibb4{-1}\ub32\ccn9{\it P}\ub30\ub42\ccn9{\it P}\utq40\en +\bar +\notes\uibb40\ub40\ccn9{\it H}\ub42\zu10\zu20\ub30\utq50\en +\Notes\uib40\ub30\en +\Notes\unbb\zu10\zu20\ub30\utq50\en +\zrightrepeat +\qspace +\NOtes\arpeggio05\zuh10\zuh20\zuh30\zuh40\uh50\en +\Endpiece + +\end{music} + + \section{musixper}\label{perc} Provides special symbols intended for percussion parts. Included are a |