Tablature layout for viol music - Revision history

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:32:39Z

New category

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Lemzwerg at 23:01, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T23:01:10Z

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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

2025-11-16T18:50:19Z

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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	The rhythm part is used to provide only the pace changes, and therefore must be provided as a supplementary voice.		The rhythm part is used to provide only the pace changes, and therefore must be provided as a supplementary voice.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=848		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=848
	%LSR modified by P.P.Schneider on Feb.2014 for v2.18		%LSR modified by P.P.Schneider on Feb.2014 for v2.18

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:49:23Z

Import snippet from LSR

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The snippet defines a specialized group of rhythmic and tablature staves able to handle old english viol tablature scores.

The string tunings defaults to the most common viol in d but other usual tunings are also available.

The rhythm part is used to provide only the pace changes, and therefore must be provided as a supplementary voice.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=848
%LSR modified by P.P.Schneider on Feb.2014 for v2.18

%{ Tablature layout for viol music

The snippet defines a specialized group of rhythmic and
tablature staves able to handle old english viol tablature
scores.

The string tunings defaults to the most common viol in d
but other usual tunings are also available.

The rhythm part is used to provide only the pace changes,
and therefore must be provided as a supplementary voice.
%}

viol-in-d-tuning = \stringTuning <d, g, c e a' d'>

viol-in-d-scord-tuning = \stringTuning <c, g, c e a' d'>

viol-in-g-tuning = \stringTuning <g, c f a' d' g''>

ViolTabLayout = \layout {
\context {
\RhythmicStaff
\type "Engraver_group"
\name "ViolTabRhythmicStaff"
\alias "RhythmicStaff"

\description "Handles rhythm part of viol tablature."

\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
\remove "Staff_symbol_engraver"
\remove "Bar_engraver"

fontSize = #-3
\override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep -3)
\override Stem.length = #5
\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing =
#'((basic-distance . 1)
(minimum-distance . 1)
(padding . 1))

% useful to merge chords noteheads
\override NoteHead.X-offset = #0
}

\context {
\TabStaff
\type "Engraver_group"
\name "ViolTabFingeringStaff"
\alias "Staff"

\description "Handles fingering part of viol tablature."

tablatureFormat = #fret-letter-tablature-format
stringTunings = #viol-in-d-tuning

% useful for tablature only scores
\revert TimeSignature.stencil
\override TimeSignature.style = #'single-digit
}

\context {
\type "Engraver_group"
\name "ViolTabStaff"
\consists "Vertical_align_engraver"
topLevelAlignment = ##f

\description "Handles viol tablature."

\defaultchild "ViolTabFingeringStaff"
\accepts "ViolTabRhythmicStaff"
\accepts "ViolTabFingeringStaff"
}

\context {
\Score
\accepts "ViolTabStaff"
}
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

myNotes = \relative c { <d, g d'>4 e f8 g a4 <d b g>2. c4 d4. e8 f4 g }
myRhythm = \relative c' { a4 s a8 s a4 a2. a4 a4. a8 a4 s }

\score {
<<
\new Staff {
\clef bass
\myNotes
}
\new ViolTabStaff {
<<
\new ViolTabRhythmicStaff {
%\myNotes
\myRhythm
}
\new ViolTabFingeringStaff {
\myNotes
}
>>
}
>>
\layout {
\ViolTabLayout
}
}
</lilypond>

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