TablEdit Users Say:
"I have played banjo for 25 years. I have taught for the past 5. I use nothing but the TablEdit program for my students. I give the a copy of the Free Viewer. I then give them disk with files of the excerises and songs we are working on. They also get a hard copy on paper. The program is great! I write all my own lessons. I put bass and guitar modules with the banjo module. I show them how to turn the banjo down or even off and let the program play rythem for them. I also show them how to slow it down and speed it up so they can practice their timimg and also increase their speed! It lets the student know exactly how the song it played and what is is suppose to sound like. Great for working on timing. I just wish I would have had this program 25 years ago when I started playing! I encourage all students to use this valuable tool."
Randall Wyatt - Arkansas, USA
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This dialog is where you actually create the module(s) destined to contain the tablature you will later create.
Instrument name
At the top of the "Module" tab, the "Instrument name" field displays "Acoustic guitar" by default. This can be modified manually within a limit of a maximum of 17 characters.
The text entered need not, necessarily be that of an instrument. It could just as well be the name of the artist playing the particular instrument. In the case of tablatures for multiple instruments, for example, you may find it necessary to specify e.g. "Guitar 1" and "Guitar 2". When dealing with a transcription of a particular performance involving several artists, you might, on the other hand, find it useful to designate the name of the artist playing a particular instrument, e.g. one module labeled "Chet Atkins" and a second labeled "Merle Travis".
The pre-defined texts "Dulcimer", "Fiddle" and "Autoharp" allow you to assign the module a name which will cause a specific tablature display irregardless of the selected tuning (see Special instruments).
String number
Located directly beneath the "Module name" field this allows you to set the number of strings for an individual module. Use the popup list to select the number of strings to be used. Any number of strings between 3 (e.g. Balalajka) and 12 can be selected. Each string can be individually tuned (see "Tuning" below).
Options
This part of the dialog provides you with four options affecting the sound of the playback.
Double strings
Selecting this option provides a double string sound useful when creating tablatures for instruments having paired strings e.g. mandolin or 12-string guitar. The notes entered are doubled an octave higher. The exception to this rule is that if a standard, 6-string guitar tuning has been set, TablEdit assumes that a 12-string guitar is, in fact, being used and the octave is not added to the top two string pairs.
Let Ring
If this option is selected, TablEdit will, as far as possible, allow all notes shorter than 1/4 notes to ring out as if they were, in fact, 1/4 notes. This option is useful in connection with slow pieces composed of 1/8th notes which should consistently ring out for longer than their normal duration.
Pedal Steel Guitar
If the "Pedal Steel Guitar" option is checked, TablEdit:
| 1. | displays the tablature with the fret numbers in the spaces between the lines and, if the "Print Tuning" option has not been selected in "Printing Options", prints the string numbers at the left edge of each system. This representation is the one most commonly used by pedal steel guitar players.
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| 2. | causes the slides to ring out as with a slide guitar. Also, the slides are displayed as a simple horizontal line, without the usual arrow.
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| 3. | if the "Choke" effect has been selected, pitch changes will be played back with a slight portamento effect and displayed as a bend/release grace note.
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| 4. | lowers middle C by one octave.
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Drum tab
Specifies that the tablature is to be handled as a "Drum tab", that is to say a tablature specifically written for percussion effects.
Rhythm Track
If this option is checked, TablEdit does not print the notation or tablature but a simple line representing the rhythmic accompaniment. The tablature can be normally edited however.
MIDI Channel
The "Channel" check box shows MIDI channel range used by the instrument. Normally, TablEdit uses two channels, one for normal notes and one for pitch bends (slides and bends).
By disabling this option you force a mono-channel instrument. As a result, one channel is freed for another instrument. If the "First MIDI Instrument privileged" advanced option is selected, the first instrument will be allocated one channel for each string.
Channel #10 is always reserved for drums.
[<<] and [>>] - These two buttons move you backwards and forwards among the modules of the current tablature.
[Delete module] will remove the currently selected module from the module list. The action is non-reversible.
[Add module] uses the settings you have made to create a new module.
[OK] will apply the settings or changes you've made to the currently selected module and close the dialog.
[Close] closes the dialog.