Stave Properties in Guitars
There seems to be inconsistencies, but because I'm not a guitarist, can someone help?
1. Create Electric Bass (4 string TAB) score.
2. Right-click bar.
3. 'Stave Properties...'.
4. 'Edit string data...'.
5. 'New String...'.
6. 'OK'.
7. 'OK'.
Result: Fifth string doesn't appear on score.
1. Create Electric Bass score.
2. Right-click bar.
3. 'Stave Properties...'.
Result: 'Number of strings: 4'.
Discussion: Are strings relevant in an instrument showing pitched lines, or is it for perhaps converting back and forth from TAB to pitched lines?
Using MuseScore 2.0 Nightly Build (7c8fbda) - Mac 10.7.4.
Comments
The lines of TAB are set up separatley from the string data.
There are problems with it, however.
Miwarre is trying to fix it.
As Michael said, number of strings of an instrument and number of lines in a tablature are two rather unrelated things:
There are many case in which the two numbers are different; for instance lutes always use 6-line tablatures but can have any number of strings (actually pairs of strings) from 6 to 14 (older types may have 5 strings); viola da gamba uses a 6-line tablature regardless it has 6 or 7 strings and so on.
So, in MuseScore defining the instrument strings is separate from defining the tablature setup.
User interface could be improved, though (and, yes, there is a known issue with tablature parameter saving).
Thanks,
M.
Well, I did warn you I didn't know anything!
;)