% Fencepost \version "2.14.0" \include "english.ly" \header { title = "Fencepost" composer = "Holland Hopson" copyright = "Grab Rare Arts -- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License" } % variables TAB = \markup { \raise #1.5 \sans \bold \huge \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.5) \left-align \center-column { T A B } } tuning = \markup { cFCFA \raise #1.5 \flat \super * } tc = {c'16\5 % 5th string high c with thumb \octaveCheck c' %this resets the octave } << \new Staff = "Voice" \new Voice = "vocal" \relative c'' { \numericTimeSignature \tempo 4 = 90 \set Staff.instrumentName = "Voice" % \autoBeamOff \key f \minor % vocal notes go here \mark "Intro / Break" R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | \time 3/4 R2. | \bar "||" \mark "Verse" \time 4/4 R1^\markup{"phrase lengths irregular"} | r4 g4 g16 f8. g4 | g16 (af8.) ~ af8 g16 g g8 f8 f4 | c1 | R1 | R1 | r2. r8 ef8 ~| ef4 ef16 ef8 c16 ef8 c8 ef8 f8 | f1 | R1 | r16 ef16 ef8 r16 c16 ef c ef4 ef16( f8.) | f1 | R1 | R1 | \bar "||" \mark "Chorus" r2 r8. c16 df8 df16 df | f8 f f16 f8. ~ f2| ef16 ef ef8 ~ ef4 ~ ef4 ef16 ef ef( f) | c1 | r2 r8. c16 df8 df16 df | f8. f16 f16 f8. ~ f4 ~ f16 f f8 | f16( c) c c ~ c2. | R1 | r2 r8. c16 df8 df16 df | f8 f f16 f8. ~ f2| ef16 ef ef8 ~ ef4 ~ ef4 ef16 ef ef( f) | c1 | r2 r8. c16 df8 df16 df | f8. f16 f16 f8. ~ f4 ~ f16 f f8 | f16 c c8 ~ c2. | r2. c16 c8. | f,1 | \bar "|." } \lyricsto "vocal" \new Lyrics { \set stanza = #"1. " % lyrics go here Such bit -- ter wind blows and we've heard it all day. There's noth -- ing be -- tween these fence -- post rows To make the dirt de -- cide to stay. % chorus And now there's a light rain fall -- ing, Ev' -- ry -- thing's gon -- na be fine. Ex -- cept may -- be now we're wish -- ing It would all be dry. And now there's a light rain fall -- ing, Ev' -- ry -- thing's gon -- na be fine. Ex -- cept may -- be now we're wish -- ing It would be all day, be all night. } \new TabStaff { \set TabStaff.instrumentName = "Fretless Banjo" \set TabStaff.midiInstrument = "fretless banjo" \set TabStaff.tablatureFormat = #fret-number-tablature-format-banjo \tabFullNotation \contextStringTuning #'custom-tuning \numericTimeSignature \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = #(lambda (grob) (grob-interpret-markup grob TAB)) \relative c { % Type notes here \override Stem #'neutral-direction = #up %defaults middle line stems to up instead of down \time 4/4 f16^\tuning( g_H) g c\5 g8 ~ g16 c\5 g8 g8 ~ g8 g16 c\5 | g\glissando af\2_S af\2 c\5 g f_P ef c_P ef\glissando e_S f \tc ef,\glissando e_S f \tc | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,16( ef_H) ~ ef \tc ef,\glissando e_S f \tc c,16( ef_H) ~ ef \tc ef,8 ef ~ | ef8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 ef,16\glissando e_S f \tc ef,\glissando e_S f \tc | c,8. \tc f,,16 af8_H \tc af,16\glissando a c8 f,8 \arpeggioArrowUp 8\arpeggio | c''4\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,,8. c''16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | \time 3/4 f,,8. c''16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | % end of break % beginning of verse \time 4/4 f,16( g_H) g c\5 af16 g g c\5 g8 g ~ g8. c16\5 | g8. c16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | g16( af8\2_S) c16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 g16( f8_P) c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. \tc ef,16\glissando e_S f \tc ef,16( c8_P) \tc c,8. \tc | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 ef,16( f\3_S) f c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 ~ | c8.\5 c16\5 c,16( ef8_H) \tc ef,8 ef ~ ef8. \tc | ef,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 ef,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | f,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,8. c'16\5 ~ c8\5 f, | ef16( e_S) f c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 c,16( ef8_H) \tc ef,8 ef ~ | ef8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 ef,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | f,8. \tc ef,16\glissando( e_S) f c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 c,16( ef8_H) \tc | ef,16\glissando e_S f c'16\5 ef,( c8_P) \tc f,,16( af8_H) \tc af,16\glissando( a_S) c \tc | f,,8. c''16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 \arpeggioArrowUp 8\arpeggio c''8\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | \bar "||" %chorus c,16( df8_H) \tc af16 df,8_T \tc df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,16 c8_T c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,16 c8_T c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,16( df8_H) \tc af16 df,8_T \tc df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,16 c8_T c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,16 c8_T c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,16( df8_H) \tc af16 df,8_T \tc df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,16 c8_T c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,16 c8_T c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,16( df8_H) \tc af16 df,8_T \tc df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 df,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,16 c8_T c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | c,8. c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 f,16 c8_T c'16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | f,,8. c''16\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 \arpeggioArrowUp 8\arpeggio c''8\5 ~ c8.\5 c16\5 | \bar "|." } } >> \midi { } \layout { } \markup { % this block handles lyrics at bottom of page \fill-line { \hspace #0.1 % moves the column off the left margin; % can be removed if space on the page is tight \column { \line { \bold "2." \column { "Last spring when we pruned the roses," "Red snow on the ground." "Put my ear to a fencepost" "Couldn't hear a sound." } } \hspace #0.2 % adds vertical spacing between verses \line { \bold "Chorus." \column { "And now there's a light rain falling," "Everything's gonna be fine." "Except maybe now we're wishing" "It would all be dry." "And now there's a light rain falling," "Everything's gonna be fine." "Except maybe now we're wishing" "It would be all day, be all night." } } \hspace #0.2 % adds vertical spacing between verses \line { \bold "3." \column { "Wire stretched between fenceposts." "Wire stretched on the wall." "Talking to a nail in a fencepost;" "Talking at the wall." } } \hspace #0.2 % adds vertical spacing between verses \line { \bold "4." \column { "This fall when I plow the fields under" "I'll be thinking only of you:" "Shadow shaped from flock of starling" "Flying south, too" } } } \hspace #0.1 % adds horizontal spacing between columns; % if they are still too close, add more " " pairs % until the result looks good \column { \line { \bold "Chorus." \column { "And now there's a light rain falling," "Everything's gonna be fine." "Except maybe now we're wishing" "It would all be dry." "And now there's a light rain falling," "Everything's gonna be fine." "Except maybe now we're wishing" "You could stay all day, stay all night." } } \hspace #0.2 % adds vertical spacing between verses \line { \bold "5." \column { "Wrap up my troubles in a cloth" "And tie it round my waist." "I'm gonna go for a long long walk." "Be gone a hundred days" } } \hspace #0.2 % adds vertical spacing between verses \line { \bold "Chorus." \column { "And now there's a light rain falling," "Everything's gonna be fine." "Except maybe now we're wishing" "It would all be dry." "Nobody got nothing to say" "That ain't better shown or done." "Here, let me demonstrate:" "Gotta go. Gotta run." } } } \hspace #0.1 % gives some extra space on the right margin; % can be removed if page space is tight } } %text after the score \markup { \vspace #2 %add a little vertical space *: Pythagorean tuning based on F.} \paper { }