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notation?
Create
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from conventional
staff notation
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conventional staff
notation from
tablature
conventional staff
notation from
tablature?
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musical score
conventional staff
conventional staf
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notat1on?
notation
Ensure combined
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tablature and
conventional staff
notations
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to tablature
notation?
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Update taiblatum
staff notation
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tablature selection
Tablature optimizer?
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tuning selections
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TECHNICAL FIELD
tuned to E), and the line 155 represents the loWest pitch
string (conventionally tuned to a loWer
As shoWn in FIG.
150155 tell the musician Where to fret a string With the left
hand. In tablature, a Zero, such as a Zero 160, indicates that
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of digital information.
Musicians have developed various musical notation sys
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hit slightly later than its preceding string, although all the
notes 201206 Will ring together. Writing the notes 201206
shoWn in FIG. 3 closer together signals the musician that the
strings 150155 should be strummed quickly While Writing
the notes 201206 farther apart signals the musician to strum
E string 155 (the note 201) together With the ?fth fret of the
A string 154 (the note 202), the ?fth fret of the D string 153
(a note 203), the fourth fret of the G string 152 (a note 204),
the third fret of the B string 151 (a note 205), and the third
fret of the E string 150 (a note 206). Thus, this tablature
notation directs the musician to play the notes 201206
together as the G-bar chord 207.
FIG. 3 shoWs the G-bar chord 207 of FIG. 2 Written in a
slightly different manner. The tablature notation shoWed in
FIG. 3 indicates that the musician should strum the G-bar
chord 207 starting at the E string 155 so that each string is
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from E, one line beloW the base clef of the conventional staff
notation, to another E, the ?rst line of the treble clef in the
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and Which notes are the fast ones. For example, When a
length for these notes, e.g., the note 401 is longer than the
note 403.
encountered symbols.
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Symbol Meaning
Hammer-On
Pull-Off
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Release Bend
Slide Up
Slide DoWn
Vibrato
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musical score.
tional staff notation for the same musical score often do not
tablature composer.
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the music shoWn on the display 504 may also have been
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gestures.
The display 504 displays the input data as a tablature
notation. As illustrated on the display 504 shoWn in FIG. 5,
a musician has already utiliZed the pen input device 501 and
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tion and the tablature notation has been enabled (step 608).
If the musician has enabled linking, then the computeriZed
editing of the staff notation (step 611), e.g., updating the fret
number for a note in the tablature notation to correspond to
a changed note in the conventional staff notation. The
computeriZed tablature composer also ensures continued
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