Re: TAB question

[Jonathan Kulp]

Johan Vromans wrote:
> Ian Hulin <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > If you do this, how can the tab reader tell whether the notelength
> > is e2 or e1?
>
> This question is not related to e2 having a stem or not...
>
> I can imagine a stemless number with a circle arout it, or something
> like that.
>
> That's why my primary question is what the TAB standard is (are).
I don't think there are any standards for tablature.  There are many 
different traditions according to historical eras and geographical 
locations.  As someone who has always read standard notation, I would be 
really confused by tab that didn't have regular stems/flags and stuff. 
But then I find any tablature laborious to read.  It's just my lack of 
experience with it.

> > How do you tell anyway now whether it's e4 or e2?
>
> e4 has a stem (just like an ordinary quarter note)
> a2 should not have a stem (just like an ordinary half note)
Err...ordinary half-notes have stems, don't they?

Jon
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