Tab clef with strings labeled - Revision history

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:33:45Z

New category

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Lemzwerg at 23:01, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T23:01:09Z

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Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:55:58Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	This snippet overrides the stencil for the Tab clef to include the string names. Useful for creating tabs for beginner guitarists or for tabs where a non-standard tuning is used. You can select the classic tab clef or the modern tab clef.		This snippet overrides the stencil for the Tab clef to include the string names. Useful for creating tabs for beginner guitarists or for tabs where a non-standard tuning is used. You can select the classic tab clef or the modern tab clef.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	myTabclef =		myTabclef =
	#(define-music-function () ()		#(define-music-function () ()

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:44:43Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

This snippet overrides the stencil for the Tab clef to include the string names. Useful for creating tabs for beginner guitarists or for tabs where a non-standard tuning is used. You can select the classic tab clef or the modern tab clef.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
myTabclef =
#(define-music-function () ()
#{
\override Staff.Clef.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
\override Staff.Clef.text = \markup {
\vcenter
\fontsize #-4
\override #'(baseline-skip . 1.5)
\center-column
\sans \bold \whiteout { E B G D A E }

% Select classic or modern TAB; comment out the one you don't
% want to use.

% music glyph version
\vcenter \musicglyph "clefs.tab"

% modern tab version
% \vcenter
% \fontsize #2
% \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.4)
% \center-column
% \sans \bold { T A B }
}
#})

classicalGuitar = {
\time 4/4
c'4 d' e' f'
}

\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff {
\clef "treble_8"
\classicalGuitar
}
\new TabStaff \with {
\myTabclef
stringTunings = #guitar-tuning
} \classicalGuitar
>>
</lilypond>

[[Category:Fretted strings]]