Let TabStaff print the topmost string at bottom: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:59, 10 December 2025

In tablatures, the first string is usually printed topmost. If you want to have it at the bottom, set the stringOneTopmost context property to #f. For a context-wide setting this could be done in the \layout block as well.

\version "2.24"

%\layout {
%  \context {
%    \Score
%    stringOneTopmost = ##f
%  }
%  \context {
%    \TabStaff
%    tablatureFormat = #fret-letter-tablature-format 
%  }
%}

m = {
  \cadenzaOn
  e, b, e gis! b e'
  \bar "||"
}

<<
  \new Staff {
    \clef "G_8"
    <>_"default" \m
    <>_"italian (historic)"\m
  }
  \new TabStaff 
  {
    \m
    \set Score.stringOneTopmost = ##f 
    \set TabStaff.tablatureFormat = #fret-letter-tablature-format 
    \m
  }
>>

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-In tablatures usually the first string is printed topmost. If you want to have it at the bottom change the <code>stringOneTopmost</code>-context-property. For a context-wide setting this could be done in <code>layout</code> as well.
+In tablatures, the first string is usually printed topmost. If you want to have it at the bottom, set the <code>stringOneTopmost</code> context property to <code>#f</code>. For a context-wide setting this could be done in the <code>\layout</code> block as well.
-<lilypond version="2.24.0">
+<lilypond version="2.24">
 %\layout {
 %  \context {
@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 <<
-   \new Staff { \clef "G_8" <>_"default" \m <>_"italian (historic)"\m }
+   \new Staff {
+    \clef "G_8"
+    <>_"default" \m
+    <>_"italian (historic)"\m
+  }
    \new TabStaff
    {
@@ Line 31: / Line 35: @@
 </lilypond>
+[[Category:Fretted strings]]
 [[Category:Staff notation]]
-[[Category:Fretted strings]]
 [[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
+[[Category:Snippet]]