Re: [tablatures] Bends: tests for appearance of pointed slurs

[David Stocker <dstocker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc Hohl wrote:
> David Stocker schrieb:
> > These are excellent results! Great work.
> >
> > I think the third configuration yields the best appearance.
> >
> > I only have a few comments:
> >
> >   1. In a bend and release combination, it would be nice if the
> >      right-most edge of the "bend-up" line and the left-most edge of
> >      the "release-down" line were separated by about 0.25 staff spaces.
> Oh, and I tried hard to make these lines connect - but this can be 
> changed easily.
> >   2. In Measure 13, the bend line that corresponds to the tie in the
> >      note-staff (during the \holdBend) should be a dashed line.
> Yes, I know; there's is a comment in bend.ly pointing this out. The 
> main purpose for this test
> was the pointed slur in the normal staves - the tablature stuff is a 
> separate issue.
> > These results are already as good as or better than the defaults in 
> > Sibelius and Finale.
> Wow - thanks!
I'm thinking especially of the substitution of ½ for 1/2, etc. There are 
things that we have to do in Finale and Sibelius (like double-stops) 
that require a lot of extra effort that I know LilyPond can do easily 
with improved support for bends, but the overall appearance of your 
patches truly rivals the results that those programs are capable of. For 
example, getting things to align properly between the note and tab 
staves (bend arrows, grace notes, etc.) is no easy task in the 
commercial programs, so this is definitely more than a few steps ahead 
as far as ease of use is concerned.
> I have collected some ideas and informations for the final conception, 
> so I plan to start soon
> with a proper implementation; this means new engravers and stuff.
> Before starting to code, I think I will release a feature list and 
> hope to get a lot of response from
> you tablature guys.
>
> One question especially to David due to his engraving knowledge:
>
> assume the following situation: I play an a on the tenth fret on the b 
> string
> and do a three semitone bend to the c. Then I release partly to the b 
> and afterwards
> fully down to the a again. How do I indicate this? The first part is 
> easy: a
> bendUp arrow with "1 1/2" over the arrow with a bigger amount in y 
> direction
> to gain enough space in vertical direction for two adjacent release 
> arrows.
> Should the "1" for the bent b be placed somewhere? If yes,where?
I'll do some more examples this weekend in Finale to display how things 
look in commercial publications including double-stops, held bends, your 
example from above and a few others I can think of. I'll post it to the 
list ASAP.
> Greetings and best wishes for 2010,
>
> Marc
Happy New Year! And once again, thanks for all of the time and effort. 
Really nice work here.

David
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