Re: ukulele tabs?

[David Kastrup]

Roche MacRae <address@hidden> writes:

> However replacing #bass-tuning with #ukulele-tuning:
> <<
>   \new Voice \with {
>     %\omit StringNumber
>   } {
>     \clef "treble_8"
>     \relative c' {
>       c4 d e f
>     }
>   }
>   \new TabStaff \with {
>     stringTunings = #ukulele-tuning
>   } {
>     \relative c, {
>       c4 d e f
>     }
>   }
>>>
>
> produces warnings:
> warning: No string for pitch #<Pitch c, > (given frets ())
> warning: No string for pitch #<Pitch d, > (given frets ())
> warning: No string for pitch #<Pitch e, > (given frets ())
> warning: No string for pitch #<Pitch f, > (given frets ())
>
> and nothing shows on the tab staff.
> Mucking about with custom stringTunings seems to show the issue lies with
> the first string being higher than the subsequent three.

In this case, the issue is likely that a Ukulele is a rather
high-pitched instrument and c, d, e, f, are quite lower than what a
Ukulele could hope to produce.

-- 
David Kastrup