Capo for Fretted Instruments

yonah_ag

• Jul 31, 2018 - 17:53

Reported version

3.0

Type

Graphical (UI)

Severity

S5 - Suggestion

Status

closed

Project

MuseScore

Please consider adding a capo function to the user interface for fretted instruments such as guitars. This function could automate the capo workaround detailed here: https://musescore.org/en/node/268639

Comments

TheOtherJThistle

• Aug 19, 2018 - 22:26

I've created this for 3.0, see pull request here :)

https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/3882

TheOtherJThistle

• Aug 19, 2018 - 22:27

Status (old)	active	⇒	patch (code needs review)
Status	active	⇒

Updating status

yonah_ag

• Aug 20, 2018 - 16:48

Looking forward to this being released. Just one minor point: the capo fret number is normally in Arabic numerals rather than Roman – at least in tablature.

cadiz1

• Aug 20, 2018 - 17:46

" the capo fret number is normally in Arabic numerals rather than Roman"

Agreed.
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TheOtherJThistle

• Aug 20, 2018 - 18:00

Not according to some sources:

http://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-notation-guide/
>If a capo is used, a Roman numeral indicates the fret where the capo should be placed.

Although, after looking through Google images it seems it is often an Arabic numeral. The text is up to the user to decide, I guess I'll change the capo fret option to Arabic numerals to avoid confusion then :)

cadiz1

• Aug 20, 2018 - 18:21

Indeed, there is no standard and definitive rule on that, hence different sources. I do not have obvious evidence, but I believe that Arabic numerals are more prevalent.

TheOtherJThistle

• Aug 20, 2018 - 18:29

Well, I'm not a guitarist myself, so I'll take your word for it

chen lung

• Aug 20, 2018 - 18:59

See another example.

yonah_ag

• Aug 20, 2018 - 21:58

TablEdit also uses Arabic, (see image below).

My purchased song books always use Arabic and they are generally mixed TAB/notation layouts. The few books of pure notation that I have are all classical guitar and none of the pieces use a capo, (although there are full and partial barres indicated by a capital C and a Roman numeral for some measures), so I can't tell if there is a norm for notation.