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# 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
}
}
}
```