LilyPond Internals Reference: 2.2.114 Tab_note_heads_engraver

### 2.2.114 Tab_note_heads_engraver

Generate one or more tablature note heads from event of type `NoteEvent`.

Music types accepted:

fingering-event, note-event and string-number-event

Properties (read)

> `defaultStrings` (list)

>   A list of strings to use in calculating frets for tablatures and fretboards if no strings are provided in the notes for the current moment.

> `fretLabels` (list)

>   A list of strings or Scheme-formatted markups containing, in the correct order, the labels to be used for lettered frets in tablature.

> `highStringOne` (boolean)

>   Whether the first string is the string with highest pitch on the instrument. This used by the automatic string selector for tablature notation.

> `middleCPosition` (number)

>   The place of the middle C, measured in half staff-spaces. Usually determined by looking at `middleCClefPosition` and `middleCOffset`.

> `minimumFret` (number)

>   The tablature auto string-selecting mechanism selects the highest string with a fret at least `minimumFret`.

> `noteToFretFunction` (procedure)

>   Convert list of notes and list of defined strings to full list of strings and fret numbers. Parameters: The context, a list of note events, a list of tabstring events, and the fretboard grob if a fretboard is desired.

> `stringOneTopmost` (boolean)

>   Whether the first string is printed on the top line of the tablature.

> `stringTunings` (list)

>   The tablature strings tuning. It is a list of the pitches of each string (starting with the lowest numbered one).

> `tablatureFormat` (procedure)

>   A function formatting a tablature note head. Called with three arguments: context, string number and, fret number. It returns the text as a markup.

> `tabStaffLineLayoutFunction` (procedure)

>   A function determining the staff position of a tablature note head. Called with two arguments: the context and the string.

This engraver creates the following layout object(s):

TabNoteHead.

`Tab_note_heads_engraver` is part of the following context(s): TabVoice.

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