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---
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title: Banjo Tablatures
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tags:
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- topic/hobbies/music/banjo
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- type/encyclopedia-entry
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---
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# Banjo Tablatures
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## Sources
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### Banj'r
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[Banj'r](https://banjr.com/tablatures.htm)
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> 
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> Don Borchelt, owner of Banj'r
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### Banjoben
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[Banjoben's Personal Tab Collection ONLINE: 99 Essential Bluegrass Banjo Solos](http://www.banjoben.com/banjobentabs.htm)
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### Other
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[Banjo Hangout](https://www.banjohangout.org)
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[Banjo Tablatures and Bluegrass Information](http://bluegrassbanjo.org)
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## Engraving
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Don engraves his tabs with [TablEdit](http://www.tabledit.com/).
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The PDF output is cramped and terribly inconsistent.
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I'd like to rewrite as many of Don's
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and any other tabs I can find in [[lilypond|LilyPond]].
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This has a few complications:
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1. Tablature must be translated first to SPN (i.e. C#<sub>4</sub>)
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then to lilypond notation (i.e. `cis'`)
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Also keep in mind that banjo is transposed up/down? one octave,
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so that C<sub>0</sub> SPN = C<sub>1</sub> banjo
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The [BanjoTab](https://github.com/jeremy9959/BanjoTab)
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preprocessor can help with this,
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however it wouldn't be a bad idea to do it manually
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for the sake of familiarity.
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2. [LilyPond Banjo Notation](https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/banjo)
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is not ideal.
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[Common Notation for Fretted Strings](https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings)
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[[lilypond]]
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### Slides
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Strum holding the first position,
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then slide down the fretboard to the second.
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Indicated with a diagonal line between notes.
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```lily
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\new TabStaff {
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\relative c' {
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d4 \glissando e\2
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}
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}
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```
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### Hammer-On and Pull-Off
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Hammer-on -- Strum holding the first position,
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then quickly press down on the second.
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Pull-off -- Strum holding both positions,
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then quickly release the first, letting the second ring.
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```lily
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\new TabStaff {
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\relative c' {
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d4( e\2)
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a( g)
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}
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}
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```
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It is _possible_ to add "H" and "Po." markers,
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but the syntax is ugly.
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They are not ubiquitous or especially helpful anyway.
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### String Bending
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Involves pushing/pulling the string
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perpendicular to the fretboard to change the pitch/timbre.
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```lily
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mus = {
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d4\5\^ e\5\^ d2\5
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c'4\3\^ d'\3\bendHold \^ d'\3\^ c'\3
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\grace c'4\3\preBendHold \^ d'\3\bendHold \^ d'\3\^ c'2\3
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\grace c'4\3 \preBend \^ d'1\3
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}
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\score {
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\new StaffGroup
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<<
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\new Staff { \clef "G_8" \mus }
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\new TabVoice \mus
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>>
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\layout {
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\context {
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\Voice
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\omit StringNumber
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}
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\context {
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\TabVoice
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\consists Bend_spanner_engraver
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}
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}
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}
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```
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