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+title: Banjo Tablatures
+---
+# Banjo Tablatures
+
+## Sources
+
+## Banj'r
+
+[Banj'r](https://banjr.com/tablatures.htm)
+
+> ![Don Borchelt|250x250](https://banjr.com/images/at%20lake%20genero.jpg)
+>
+> Don Borchelt, owner of Banj'r
+
+## Banjoben
+
+[Banjoben's Personal Tab Collection ONLINE: 99 Essential Bluegrass Banjo Solos](http://www.banjoben.com/banjobentabs.htm)
+
+## Engraving
+
+Don engraves his tabs with [TablEdit](http://www.tabledit.com/).
+The PDF output is cramped and terribly inconsistent.
+
+I'd like to rewrite as many of Don's
+and any other tabs I can find in [[lilypond|LilyPond]].
+
+This has a few complications:
+
+[BanjoTab](https://github.com/jeremy9959/BanjoTab)
+
+[LilyPond Banjo Notation](https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/banjo)
+
+[Common Notation for Fretted Strings](https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings)
+
+### Slides
+
+Strum holding the first position,
+then slide down the fretboard to the second.
+Indicated with a diagonal line between notes.
+
+### Hammer-On and Pull-Off
+
+Hammer-on -- Strum holding the first position,
+then quickly press down on the second.
+
+Pull-off -- Strum holding both positions,
+then quickly release the first, letting the second ring.
+
+```lily
+\new TabStaff {
+  \relative c' {
+    d4( e\2)
+    a( g)
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### String Bending
+
+Involves pushing/pulling the string
+perpendicular to the fretboard to change the pitch/timbre.
+
+```lily
+mus = {
+  d4\5\^ e\5\^ d2\5
+  c'4\3\^ d'\3\bendHold \^ d'\3\^ c'\3
+  \grace c'4\3\preBendHold \^ d'\3\bendHold \^ d'\3\^ c'2\3
+  \grace c'4\3 \preBend \^ d'1\3
+}
+
+\score {
+  \new StaffGroup
+  <<
+    \new Staff { \clef "G_8" \mus }
+    \new TabVoice \mus
+  >>
+  \layout {
+    \context {
+      \Voice
+      \omit StringNumber
+    }
+    \context {
+      \TabVoice
+      \consists Bend_spanner_engraver
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+