Overlapping multi-voice tablature with stems
I wanted to ask if any of you can work out a pattern in these excerpts from published scores (produced using the same software, I believe), whether there are rules in how overlapping multi-voice tablature with stems is handled.
I think it is sometimes (or always) independent of the pitched stave in certain ways, as you'll see from noteheads and tablature not always lining up, etc.
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I've tried myself, but I'm unable to conclude, yet anyway.
I somewhat regret not having noted for myself where the excerpts comes from, incase each song is processed differently from another (perhaps due to software version, or a different operator, etc).
In reply to I've tried myself, but I'm by chen lung
I'm not sure about what you want.
One thing is certan, actually, MS2.0 is not able to render properly these tabs. For exemple n°1 it's ok, but for others exemples (like Ex. 4) it's more complicated. Here's the rendr of the ex. 1 with the latest MS.
and the original
NB : Also, to try to reproduce correctly your examples, Most of them need the key signature...
However, I have to tell that these are not the most common representation of guitar tabs. I've mainly seen them in the Mark Knopfler Guitar Style Series. And I think that there are not so comfortable to use.
In reply to I'm not sure about what you by LeBeginner
You didn't enter it as a sixtuplet...
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The notes overlapping is an old bug (almost 4 years), unfortunatly still not fixed, see #3325: Seconds between voices overlap
No, not overlapping in that sense :).
It is when the numbers of each voice cross into each other's space.
I suppose one of the focuses is this:
In image 4, the horizontal positioning of the number looks similar to the pitched stave.
In image 5, they are not (swapped around).
I want to know why. I've got my theories, but before posting them, I would like to see what others may come up with.
In reply to No, not overlapping in that by chen lung
Easy !!!!
Enter Your voices. Select the note to shitf.
Click on View/ Inspector
Change the horizontal offset, ant Tadaaaaaa !!!!!
In reply to Easy !!!! Enter Your voices. by LeBeginner
I'm sure it's doable manually, but I'm looking for a better default :).
The purpose of the topic was to try and establish whether there is a valid convention to follow, despite tablature often not having such a thing.
In reply to I'm sure it's doable by chen lung
In fact, many of the tab songbooks I have do not use stems on the tab part. Stems are only on the pichted staff. So they do not encounter this kind of problem. If you're not sure, you can take a look at this thread Guitar Tab Notation, It's the commonly used nomenclature in the guitar tab songbooks edited by Hal Leonard Ed.