Re: fingerings added to tabs?

[David Kastrup]

BB <address@hidden> writes:

> How can I add fingerings to tabs?
> (Not found in the manual)

They are in mine.

<URL:http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings>

References for fretted strings
..............................

Music for fretted string instruments is normally notated on a single
staff, either in traditional music notation or in tablature.  Sometimes
the two types are combined, and it is especially common in popular music
to use chord diagrams above a staff of traditional notation.  The guitar
and the banjo are transposing instruments, sounding an octave lower than
written.  Scores for these instruments should use the ‘"treble_8"’ clef
(or ‘\transposition c’ to get correct MIDI output).  Some other elements
pertinent to fretted string instruments are covered elsewhere:

   • Fingerings are indicated as shown in *note Fingering
     instructions::.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Also
<URL:http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings#right_002dhand-fingerings>

So since the respective references are listed right at the top of the
node

2. Specialist notation
2.4 Fretted string instruments
2.4.1 Common notation for fretted strings

the question is just where you looked in the manual.  It is also worth
noting that the index of the notation manual contains entries like

        fingering chords
        fingering instructions for chords
        fingering vs. string numbers
        [...]
        fingerings, right hand for fretted instruments

And it's not like a web search for

    How can I add fingerings to tabs with LilyPond?

would not also turn up the respective page as the first hit in either
Google, Yahoo, or DuckDuckGo.

So where did you look in the manual?

-- 
David Kastrup