Viktor Mastoridis wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> I play bouzouki and guitar and most of my music repertoire is in
> (Eastern European) uneven time signatures (5/8, 7/8, 9/8 etc).
>
> I was trying to write Guitar/Bouzouki tablature/notation of this music
> on Linux in the past but without much success.
>
> The main (hidden) problem with these rhythms is the grouping of notes,
> i.e.
> 5/8 can be 2+3/8 or 3+2/8,
> 7/8 is 2+2+3/8 or 3+2+2/8 etc...
>
> Thus the grouping of the notes needs to reflect this fact as it is
> essential for the performer.
>
> My experience so far:
>
> Songwite, Gnometab and Kguitar don't support this feature.
>
> Lilypond - great for output, covers almost all needs, but grouping has
> to be done bar-by-bar which is really time consuming. Chords are not
> supported well for now (name and display)
>
> TuxGuitar is amazingly easy for note input, but it doesn't support
> note grouping as well. I requested this feature on their forum some
> time ago but no response from the developers so far
>
> Exporting Tuxguitar to Lilypond is what I use at moment, but for a
> longer instrumentals in 9/8 with say, two bouzoukia, it takes days to
> edit/produce a clear tablature/notation.
>
> Any suggestions on this will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Viktor
>
Did you read this message?
> Anyone who would like to be involved in documenting/discussing
> features missing from LilyPond's guitar tab support, please send me an
> off-list email at the following address:
>
> dstocker@email-addr-hidden
>
> When we have a list of around 10-15 specific items, we can then
> prioritize and start to talk about sponsorship of features and then
> send a proposal to -devel.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
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