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Gospel Instruments => Bass Guitar => Topic started by: Docdb04 on September 18, 2010, 08:49:59 PM
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I'm writing a piece of music for a bass player that has a 5 or 6 string bass (Using PrintMusic 2010). I'm seeing negative fret numbers on the program. For example, when I enter ledger notes below E natural (4th string), is when I began to see the negative fret numbers. What do they mean? I am assuming, unless you do it by hand, that most music programs does not allow you write a tab for 5 or more strings.
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I am assuming, unless you do it by hand, that most music programs does not allow you write a tab for 5 or more strings.
yup. There might be a preset somewhere that will let you change the bass, but honestly it sounds like the program is writing out tabs opposed to sheet music, which imho is a crutch and a bad habbit for the bass player to get into
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have you tried something like note flight?
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yup. There might be a preset somewhere that will let you change the bass, but honestly it sounds like the program is writing out tabs opposed to sheet music, which imho is a crutch and a bad habbit for the bass player to get into
It is also writing the notation. Actually, I input the notation, then convert it into the tab. I figure, that it is better to have both notation and tab, instead of just tab. I haven't found a preset as of yet, but I'll continue to search.
have you tried something like note flight?
I have never tried note flight. I've been using PrintMusic ever since I started. How is note flight?
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Noteflight (http://www.noteflight.com/login) is great. I use it to help me pick out bass parts since I don't read very well.. at the moment. Check it out.