Re: Half and whole notes in tab notation

[Marc Hohl]

Hello Peter,

Am 04.05.2011 20:05, schrieb Peter Crighton:
> In 2.13.61 half notes in tab notation are distinguished from quarter 
> notes through a second stem.
> Now I haven't seen this method before – it would seem natural to me to 
> draw a circle around the "tab note", the number, and have only one 
> stem like in normal notation.
> The same would apply to whole notes, but of course without the stem.
One may discuss about aesthetics, but I have seen this way of displaying 
half notes and whole notes.
> How can I achieve this kind of notation? Can I?
Yes! See the attached example. I tried to comment what I have done.

I is untested for working with harmonics - should the circle be drawn 
around the fret number only,
or should it include the parentheses and the angle brackets?

> In chords I would use a single circle (an ellipse, to be correct) 
> around all "tab notes" instead of drawing a circle around every single 
> one. This would be more difficult if possible at all, I reckon, but it 
> would be great to have this possibility…
This is more difficult to implement, and, to be honest, I don't know how.

HTH,

Marc
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