Bass Tab Template For Open Office?
I see them for Word but I don't see one anywhere online for OpenOffice. Any suggestions?
I use OpenOffice to make my tabs, and have templates I have set up for 4- and 5-string bass, in both 8th and 16th note versions. I tried pasting one of them in this message, but formatting and characters get messed up.
The easiest thing for you would probably be to go to a 'Reply to this thread' box and click on the bass clef (tabs) formatting button. That will get you this staff:
Copy and paste that (minus the text in brackets) into a blank OpenOffice document making sure you have the font set to Courier New at 10 point size. I like to break the staff into measures - it helps a lot with timing. For an 8th note template, I have eight dashes between vertical lines (| - above the shift key); sixteen dashes between the verticals for a 16th note template. I get 8 8th note measures across a page or 4 16th note measures. Once you have a full, across the page staff, paste half a dozen copies of it down your page, then save your template.
Be sure to include a key to the symbols you use in your tabs on the template so folks can figure out what you mean by > or ~ or whatever. Have a look at tabs posted here to get an idea of what you want your template to include and look like.
Hope that helps.
The easiest thing for you would probably be to go to a 'Reply to this thread' box and click on the bass clef (tabs) formatting button. That will get you this staff:
Tabs:
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Copy and paste that (minus the text in brackets) into a blank OpenOffice document making sure you have the font set to Courier New at 10 point size. I like to break the staff into measures - it helps a lot with timing. For an 8th note template, I have eight dashes between vertical lines (| - above the shift key); sixteen dashes between the verticals for a 16th note template. I get 8 8th note measures across a page or 4 16th note measures. Once you have a full, across the page staff, paste half a dozen copies of it down your page, then save your template.
Be sure to include a key to the symbols you use in your tabs on the template so folks can figure out what you mean by > or ~ or whatever. Have a look at tabs posted here to get an idea of what you want your template to include and look like.
Hope that helps.