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Pick strokes & fingerings
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In addition to texts, TablEdit also provides specific functions for the entry of strokes (flatpick or fingers) as well as left and right hand fingerings. The complete set of functions is available from the dialog above which can also be opened directly from the keyboard by using [
]+[F]. The basic functions are also available from the "Hand" palette.
Strokes
The word "strokes" refers both to the direction of a flatpick stroke and to the right hand fingers used to pluck the strings in fingerpicking styles. No particular explanation should be needed concerning flatpick directions except, perhaps, to mention that the direction indicators are displayed beneath the tablature directly under the note concerned.
The indications given for right hand fingers (thumb or other, non-specified, finger) do, however, have an effect on the behavior of TablEdit during MIDI playback. They instruct the program that the note must be plucked at a given point. This is useful, for example, for indicating that the final note of a slide is to be plucked on arrival at the destination fret.
Left hand fingerings
Clicking on one of the fingers of the hand with the left mouse button inserts a left hand fingering indicator either directly below or directly above the selected note or, if no note is currently selected, directly below or above the cursor position (see note below). Left hand fingerings are displayed as a number (0 ... 4) within a circle. If, however, the letter "T" has been selected as a replacement for the right-hand thumb in {File}{Preferences...}>Preferences, the "0" normally used to indicate the left-hand thumb will also be replaced by the letter "T".
In other words, if you use "PIMAC" as the default fingerings in preferences, then a zero is inserted in the notation for the "0" in the fingerings dialog. If the preference setting is "TIMAC", then TablEdit replaces the "0" with a "T".
Right hand fingerings
The procedure is the same as that described in "Left hand fingerings", above, with the exception that the right hand mouse button is used instead of the left. The initial of the finger in question is displayed. The default initials used are P, I, M, A and O but these can be changed to suit your personal preferences under {File}{Preferences...}>Preferences.
Placing left hand indicators within the Notation Stave
When "Into the notation" is selected, the lower portion of the dialog changes as shown below.
"Default" places the indicator immediately to the right of the selected note
"R" places the indicator slightly further to the right of the selected note than does the "Default" setting. This is the setting that should be used in connection with dotted notes.
"L" places the indicator to the left of the selected note.
"B" places the indicator below the selected note.
"A" places the indicator above the selected note.
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You can adjust the horizontal alignment of fingering indicators by using a special offset marker:
- to reposition a fingering indicator, place the cursor at a 1/64th note interval after the note to which the indicator belongs.
- press [w] followed by [f]
- use [<] and [>] to reposition the indicator.