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banjo-tablatures.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 id:
 aliases: []
+title: Banjo Tablatures
 tags:
   - authorship/original
   - destiny/permanent
   - status/incomplete
   - topic/hobbies/banjo
   - type/encyclopedia
-title: Banjo Tablatures
 ---
 # Banjo Tablatures
 
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ Strum holding the first position,
 then slide down the fretboard to the second.
 Indicated with a diagonal line between notes.
 
+```lily
+\new TabStaff {
+  \relative c' {
+    d4 \glissando e\2
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ### Hammer-On and Pull-Off
 
 Hammer-on -- Strum holding the first position,

cruel-mother.md

@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ Down by the greenwood sidey
 
 ```lily
 \version "2.25.22"
-% this is a work in progress. see comments.
 \paper { indent=0 }
 \header {
   title="The Cruel Mother"
@@ -122,98 +121,98 @@ tagline = ##f
 mel = {
   \time 4/4
   \tempo 4 = 120
-  
+
   \sectionLabel "Verse 1"
-  fis4
-  <gis b,>8
-  b'8
-  gis4
-  gis8
-  b'8
-  fis4
-  fis8
-  b'8
-  fis4
-  gis8
-  b'8
+  fis4\4
+  <gis\4 b\3>8
+  b'8\5
+  gis4\4
+  gis8\4
+  b'8\5
+  fis4\4
+  fis8\4
+  b'8\5
+  fis4\4
+  gis8\4
+  b'8\5
   | \break
   \section
 
   \sectionLabel "Refrain 1"
-  fis4
-  fis8
-  b'8
-  fis4
-  gis8
-  b'8
-  cis4
-  cis8
-  b'8
-  cis4
-  cis8
-  b'8
+  fis4\4
+  fis8\4
+  b'8\5
+  fis4\4
+  gis8\4
+  b'8\5
+  cis'4\3
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
+  cis'4\3
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
   | \break
   \section
-  
+
   \sectionLabel "Verse 2"
-  fis4
-  gis8
-  b'8
-  gis4
-  gis8
-  b'8
-  fis4
-  fis8
-  b'8
-  fis8( gis8)
-  fis8
-  b'8
+  fis4\4
+  gis8\4
+  b'8\5
+  gis4\4
+  gis8\4
+  b'8\5
+  fis4\4
+  fis8\4
+  b'8\5
+  fis8\4( gis8\4)
+  fis8\4
+  b'8\5
   | \break
   \section
-  
+
   \sectionLabel "Refrain 2"
-  fis4
-  cis8
-  b'8
-  b
-  cis8
-  b'8
-  cis4
-  cis8
-  b'8
-  cis4
-  cis8
-  b'8
+  fis4\4
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
+  b4\3
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
+  cis'4\3
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
+  cis'4\3
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
   | \break
-  
-  fis4
-  cis8
-  b'8
-  b
-  cis8
-  b'8
-  cis4
-  cis8
-  b'8
-  cis4
-  cis8
-  b'8
+
+  fis4\4
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
+  b4\3
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
+  cis'4\3
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
+  cis'4\3
+  cis'8\3
+  b'8\5
   | \break
-  
-  dis
-  fis,,
-  b'8
-  gis,,( fis,,)
-  fis,,
-  b'8
-  dis
-  cis8
-  \deadNote b'8
-  b
-  b
-  b'8
+
+  dis'4\2
+  fis'8\1
+  b'8\5
+  gis'8\1( fis'8\1)
+  fis'8\1
+  b'8\5
+  dis'4\2
+  cis'8\3
+  \deadNote b'8\5
+  b4\3
+  b8\3
+  b'8\5
   \section
-  
+
 }
 lyr = \lyricmode {
   There4 lived ___ a8 la-8 dy lived4 in4 York4
@@ -228,8 +227,10 @@ lyr = \lyricmode {
     \new TabStaff = "one"
     {
       \set TabStaff.tablatureFormat = #fret-number-tablature-format-banjo
-      \set TabStaff.stringTunings = \stringTuning <d,,, b,, g, d g'> % confirm
-      \set Score.stringOneTopmost = ##f
+      \set TabStaff.stringTunings = \stringTuning <g' d g b d'> % tuning unknown.
+      % \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #banjo-open-g-tuning % equivalent to \stringTuning <g' d g b d'>
+      % capo'd to fret 4, unsure how to represent this in lilypond
+      % \set Score.stringOneTopmost = ##f
       \override Beam.concaveness = #10000
       \clef moderntab
       \numericTimeSignature
@@ -243,4 +244,5 @@ lyr = \lyricmode {
   \midi { }
 }
 
+
 ```