Up: Banjo
LilyPond has basic support for the five-string banjo. When making tablatures for five-string banjo, use the banjo tablature format function to get correct fret numbers for the fifth string:
\new TabStaff <<
\set TabStaff.tablatureFormat = #fret-number-tablature-format-banjo
\set TabStaff.stringTunings = #banjo-open-g-tuning
{
\stemDown
g8 d' g'\5 a b g e d' |
g4 d''8\5 b' a'\2 g'\5 e'\2 d' |
g4
}
>>
A number of common tunings for banjo are predefined in LilyPond:
banjo-c-tuning (gCGBD), banjo-modal-tuning (gDGCD),
banjo-open-d-tuning (aDF#AD) and banjo-open-dm-tuning
(aDFAD).
These tunings may be converted to four-string banjo tunings using the
four-string-banjo function:
\set TabStaff.stringTunings = #(four-string-banjo banjo-c-tuning)
Snippets: Fretted strings.
The file scm/output-lib.scm contains predefined banjo tunings.
This page is for LilyPond-2.11.58 (development-branch).
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