Re: [tablatures] planned doc edits fretted-strings.itely

[Patrick Schmidt <p.l.schmidt@xxxxxx>]

Am 07.12.2010 um 20:09 schrieb Marc Hohl:

> Am 05.12.2010 23:12, schrieb Carl Sorensen:
> > On 12/5/10 1:09 PM, "Patrick Schmidt"<p.l.schmidt@xxxxxx>  wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hi Carl, Marc et al.
> > >
> > > I have prepared some material to document the new harmonic  
> > > functions.
> > > I think it should be placed at the end of "Default tablatures". I'm
> > > planning to split up the existing paragraph on harmonics and slides
> > > into two separate paragraphs. The slides-paragraph would contain
> > > different kinds of slides and chord glissandi which I have not
> > > finished yet. The existing harmonics/slides-snippet would be  
> > > replaced.
> > >
> > > I created a snippet to demonstrate all three methods of engraving
> > > open-string harmonics. I also added some sort of a reference for  
> > > open-
> > > string harmonics as I think it might not be obvious to everybody
> > > which fret/ratio leads to which harmonic pitch. Finally I'd like to
> > > illustrate how fretted-string harmonics can be typeset with LilyPond
> > > as they need a different approach.
> Hi Patrick,
>
> sorry for the delay.
>
> I think that this snippet is great as an explanation, but, as Carl  
> said earlier,
> too detailed for being included as a general explanation, so  
> placing it
> in an appendix seems to be the way to go.
>
> Perhaps you can post a patch? I think it would be a lot easier to  
> see how
> your changes would look like.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc
Hi Carl & Marc,

thanks for your feedback. I will post a patch ASAP but probably not  
before Thursday or Friday. I will create three tiny snippets, one for  
\harmonic, one for \harmonicByFret and one for \harmonicByRatio even  
though the text and the snippets will be a bit repetitive, this way.  
My reference for open-string harmonics was actually meant to be a  
reference on using LilyPond to get the notation one desires and not a  
mere reference on notation. I'm sure a lot of guitarists would  
neither know the string ratio of a certain fret nor the resulting  
harmonic pitch by heart. I was just not too sure about where to place  
the material. I also think that the open-string harmonic reference  
belongs into an appendix. The fretted-string harmonics could be part  
of the selected snippets and the three tiny snippets will be part of  
the main text. I was just concerned that some of the examples contain  
an override and I wanted to avoid to post a patch and then have to  
rework both the text and the snippets...

Thank you both for the great new tablature features!

patrick