Re: [tablatures] harmonics in tablature

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Patrick Schmidt schrieb:
Hi Marc,
Am 23.09.2010 um 21:27 schrieb Marc Hohl:

Hi Patrick, hi tablature users,

just a short sign of life - I am still working on the problem. For now, lilypond computes the correct pitches and transposes the notes accordingly, but I didn't manage to get
the 'HarmonicEvent on the right place within the music expression.
I'm not sure it it's relevant here but the IR (1.1.28 HarmonicEvent) states:
Not accepted by any engraver.
Thanks to Neil, this problem has been solved now, see attachment.

The simplest case

\harmonicByRatio #1/2 e,,4
(All ratios for the defined partials work!)

would work, but neither

\harmonicByRatio #1/2 { e,,4 a, } nor
\harmonicByRatio #1/2 { < d g >4 }

If this is solved, I'll have to adapt the fret number. Here I am not sure how to get this done -
I have some ideas, but didn't yet find the time to test it.
Hm, don't be offended by the naivety of my thoughts ;-): In the case of \harmonicByFret the fret number to be engraved should equal the value of \harmonicByFret, i.e. e.g. 7 in the following example: \harmonicByFret #7 e,\6
In the example included, you see that the fret number is still computed by the pich,
so I need a way to override the fret number manually.

Marc

\version "2.13.32"

#(define node-positions
  ;; for the node on m/n-th of the string length, we get the corresponding
  ;; (exact) fret position by calculating p=(-12/log 2)*log(1-(m/n));
  ;; since guitarists normally use the forth fret and not the 3.8th, here
  ;; are rounded values, ordered by
  ;; 1/2
  ;; 1/3 2/3
  ;; 1/4 2/4 3/4 etc.
  ;; The value for 2/4 is irrelevant in practical, bacause the string sounds
  ;; only one octave higher, not two, but since scheme normalizes the fractions
  ;; anyway, these values are simply placeholders for easier indexing.
  ;; According to the arithmetic sum, the position of m/n is at 1/2*(n-2)(n-1)+(m-1)
  ;; if we start counting from zero
  (vector 12
           7   19
           5   12    24
           4    9    16   28
           3    7    12   19    31
           2.7  5.8  9.7  14.7  21.7  33.7
           2.3  5    8    12    17    24    36
           2    4.4  7    10    14    19    26  38 ))

#(define partial-pitch
  (vector '(0 0 0)
          '(1 0 0)
          '(1 4 0)
          '(2 0 0)
          '(2 2 0)
          '(2 4 0)
          '(2 6 -1/2)
          '(3 0 0)
          '(3 1 0)))

#(define fret-partials
  '(("0" . 0)
    ("12" . 1)
    ("7" . 2)
    ("19" . 2)
    ("5" . 3)
    ("24" . 3)
    ("4" . 4)
    ("9" . 4)
    ("16" . 4)
    ("3" . 5)
    ("2.7" . 6)
    ("2.3" . 7)
    ("2" . 8)))

#(define (ratio->fret ratio)
  (let* ((nom (numerator ratio))
         (den (denominator ratio))
         (index (+ (* (- den 2)
                      (- den 1)
                      1/2)
                   nom -1)))
     (number->string (vector-ref node-positions index))))

#(define (ratio->pitch ratio)
  (let* ((partial (1- (denominator ratio)))
         (pitch (vector-ref partial-pitch partial)))

  (ly:make-pitch (first pitch)
                 (second pitch)
                 (third pitch))))

#(define (fret->pitch fret)
  (let* ((partial (assoc-get fret fret-partials 0))
         (pitch (vector-ref partial-pitch partial)))

  (ly:make-pitch (first pitch)
                 (second pitch)
                 (third pitch))))

#(define (calc-harmonic-pitch pitch music)
  (let ((es (ly:music-property music 'elements))
        (e (ly:music-property music 'element))
        (p (ly:music-property music 'pitch)))
    (cond
      ((pair? es)
       (ly:music-set-property! music 'elements
                               (map (lambda (x) (calc-harmonic-pitch pitch x)) es)))
      ((ly:music? e)
       (ly:music-set-property! music 'element (calc-harmonic-pitch pitch e)))
      ((ly:pitch? p)
       (begin
         (set! p (ly:pitch-transpose p pitch))
         (ly:music-set-property! music 'pitch p))))
    music))

% thanks to Neil for this function
#(define (make-harmonic mus)
  (let ((elts (ly:music-property mus 'elements))
        (elt (ly:music-property mus 'element)))
       (cond
	((pair? elts)
	 (map make-harmonic elts))
	((ly:music? elt)
	 (make-harmonic elt))
	((music-is-of-type? mus 'note-event)
	 (set! (ly:music-property mus 'articulations)	
	       (append
		 (ly:music-property mus 'articulations)
		 (list (make-music 'HarmonicEvent))))))
       mus))


harmonicByRatio = #(define-music-function (parser location ratio music) (number? ly:music?)
  (let ((pitch (ratio->pitch ratio)))

  (make-harmonic
    (calc-harmonic-pitch pitch music)))
)

harmonicByFret = #(define-music-function (parser location fret music) (number? ly:music?)
  (let ((pitch (fret->pitch (number->string fret))))

  (make-harmonic
    (calc-harmonic-pitch pitch music)))
)


test = {
  c4 \harmonicByRatio #1/4  c4
  c4 \harmonicByFret #2.3  c4
}

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff {
      \new Voice {
        \clef "treble_8"
        \test
      }
    }
    \new TabStaff {
      \new TabVoice {
        \test
      }
    }
  >>
}



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