https://github.com/jasonrones/Tab2Note

lilypond is a powerful system for typesetting beautiful music.

As a bass player I sometimes want to transcribe a piece into notation and/or tablature. Not being an expert at converting from string+fret positions on the bass into standard notation, I wanted to be able to enter music by giving string+fret together with tuning information to lilypond.

This project uses simplified tab notation from jeremy9959's BanjoTab project

Each note is entered as (string).(fret).(duration) - So 2.0.4 means a quarter note on the open second string.

• Rests should be notated as 0.0.(duration)
• Dotted notes are represented by appending * to the duration (1.1.4*)

You can edit the following settings in the config.ini file:

• Instrument = (Guitar/Bass)
• Accidentals = (Sharps/Flats)

• Triplets
• Articulations
• Alternate Tunings
• Guitars with more than 6 strings
• Bass with more than 4 strings

$ python3 parse.py tab.txt

The output will be written to notes.txt and the contents can be copy/pasted into your .ly (LilyPond) file.