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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Banjo tablatures</h5>
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LilyPond has basic support for the five-string banjo. When making tablatures
for five-string banjo, use the banjo tablature format function to get
correct fret numbers for the fifth string:
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\new TabStaff <<
\set TabStaff.tablatureFormat = #fret-number-tablature-format-banjo
\set TabStaff.stringTunings = #banjo-open-g-tuning
{
\stemDown
g8 d' g'\5 a b g e d' |
g4 d''8\5 b' a'\2 g'\5 e'\2 d' |
g4
}
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<p>A number of common tunings for banjo are predefined in LilyPond:
<code>banjo-c-tuning</code> (gCGBD), <code>banjo-modal-tuning</code> (gDGCD),
<code>banjo-open-d-tuning</code> (aDF#AD) and <code>banjo-open-dm-tuning</code>
(aDFAD).
<p>These tunings may be converted to four-string banjo tunings using the
<code>four-string-banjo</code> function:
<pre class="example">\set TabStaff.stringTunings = #(four-string-banjo banjo-c-tuning)
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<p>Snippets:
<a href="../../../input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Fretted-strings.html#Fretted-strings">Fretted strings</a>.
<p>The file <samp><span class="file">scm/output-lib.scm</span></samp> contains predefined banjo tunings.
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