Re: [tablatures] Re: ukulele fretboards

[Matt Corks <mvcorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 02:59:39PM -0700, Carl Sorensen wrote:
>Probably the simplest way to double-check them is to set the
>stringTunings property to the specified ukulele tuning, then have an
>automatic fretboard be calculated from a chord containing the
>open-string pitches.

I did try this with a few simple chords and the standard soprano
tuning, but got unexpected results.

>Oooh -- now that I think about it that won't work right now, because
>the automatic fretboard calculator requires sorted string pitches
>(i.e. pitch continually increases or decreases from one string to the
>next, and ukuleles don't do that).

Ah, that explains why the automatically generated fretboards looked so
bizarre (which is why I had to write out all the fretboards for my own
use in the first place).

>So for right now, let's put them in at what is your best guess.  If
>they're wrong, it won't hurt anybody right now.  If they're right,
>we've got it done.
>
>BTW, I checked your numbers, and they looked right to me.

Works for me.  Since apparently no-one else is using lilypond much for
ukulele music now (because I can't imagine they'd just be using \markup
fretboards over and over), there shouldn't be much harm, as you say.

Thanks again,
Matt

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