2.4.3 Banjo
Banjo tablatures
LilyPond has basic support for the five-string banjo. When making tablatures for five-string banjo, use the banjo tablature format function to get correct fret numbers for the fifth string:
music = {
g8 d' g'5円 a b g e d' |
g4 d''85円 b' a'2円 g'5円 e'2円 d' |
g4
}
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\new Staff \with { \omit StringNumber }
{ \clef "treble_8" \music }
\new TabStaff \with {
tablatureFormat = #fret-number-tablature-format-banjo
stringTunings = #banjo-open-g-tuning
}
{ \music }
>>
A number of common tunings for the five-string banjo are predefined:
banjo-c-tuning (gCGBD), banjo-modal-tuning (gDGCD),
banjo-open-d-tuning (aDF#AD) and banjo-open-dm-tuning
(aDFAD).
These may be converted to four-string tunings using the
four-string-banjo function:
\set TabStaff.stringTunings = #(four-string-banjo banjo-c-tuning)
See also
Installed Files: ‘ly/string-tunings-init.ly’.
Snippets: Fretted strings.