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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 01:22pm on 2005-06-24 under

Before I'd even gotten to responding to the comments about the tune I posted yesterday, I wound up with another that I need to transcribe. But I'm not sure whether the ABC tools I have will be adequate (time to Google for newer tools and spend a while rereading the language standard). The problems: it's all in harmonics using an open tuning (on guitar), so a) I need to notate harmonics, and b) I think I really want to include tabulature in parallel with the standard notation for any other guitarists. (Hmm. Maybe I can cram enough clues into text notations above the staff, I don't know.) And, of course, c) I've got a lot of things I Really Need To Get Done in the next few days, and didn't need to have a lightningbug-inspired notation challenge squirted into my brain now.

The one thought that gives me hope for an "easy out" is that the tune would probably sound about right on a hammered dulcimer without having to deal with harmonics (though it'll take a little fudging to account for having only two hands here and there).

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posted by [identity profile] nancylebov.livejournal.com at 05:39pm on 2005-06-24
Could you write the tune down now but figure out how to notate it for harmonics later?
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 05:58pm on 2005-06-24
I guess so, but I'll have to stop and think about what some of the notes wind up being as a result of the harmonics. What I should probably do is jot down the tab (on paper or in a text editor) while it's fresh, and then sort out the standard notation transcription later.
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posted by [personal profile] cellio at 06:12pm on 2005-06-24
Yeah, it seems like tab and/or tape recording (depending on what's easier to work from later) now while it's fresh, and sort out the technology later when you have time, is the way to go.

Hammer dulcimer? *ears perk up*

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