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Import ASCII
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{File}{Import ASCII} allows the import of ordinary ASCII tab files (such as those often found on the Internet). TablEdit recognizes the lines containing tablature information and processes them regardless of the number of measures they contain. No special preparation of the text should be necessary.
The command will give good results if:
all measures are of the same size are separated by " |" (pipe) characters. Otherwise, you'll have to edit and modify the file.
only the lines representing strings contain more than eight dashes. Otherwise, TablEdit will interpret them as strings.
The following example will give excellent results
TablEdit can also import tablatures in the format invented by Wayne Cripps for transcribing pieces written for Medieval and Renaissance Lute. Many tablatures in this format are available from: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/index.html.
In order to open such tablatures, simply select {File}{Import ASCII} and select the "Wayne Cripps lute tab" option at the bottom of the "Import" dialog. At the same time, the "Paste from measure" option changes to "Quarter note value" allowing you to specify the manner in which TablEdit should interpret the duration indicators of the file being imported.
You'll have to set up the blank tablature into which the file is to be imported in advance as concerns tuning (in general, Renaissance lute tuning is the correct one) and time signature.