Hi Don!thanks for your advice. You are right that it looks a bit crowded with the 3 Systems on one page. I now put the music size to 16 and reduced the space for the verses a little bit
\\setinterinstrument1{5\Interligne}\
\\setinterinstrument3{5\Interligne}\
from 7 to 5, giving more space between the systems.-- Dieter Gloetzel Am 09.02.2015 um 17:03 schrieb Don Simons:
Dieter, thanks for posting the source file. I found that it doesn't seem practical to have 3 systems per page unless you reduce the music size to 16. Then with the following tweaks (thanks, Andre!) it appears to fit: \\setinterinstrument1{7\Interligne}\ \\setinterinstrument3{7\Interligne}\ \\setsongraise2{1\Interligne}\ \\setsongraise4{1\Interligne}\ But because it still looks a bit crowded, you may want to reconsider keeping 3 systems per page. My rule of thumb is normally no more than 15 staves per page. If you count each pair of lyrics lines as an extra staff, then you have 18 staves, too many for size 20. While we're on the subject of vertical spacing, I recently typeset a wonderful Passacaglia by Georg Muffat: http://imslp.org/wiki/Passacaglia_in_G_minor_(Muffat,_Georg) I made two versions, one size 20 with 7 letter-size pages, and one size 16 on 3 legal size (8.5-by-14 in) sheets, with 10 2-staff systems per page. With the second one you can set the 3 pages side-by-side and play it with no page turns. --Don Simons-----Original Message----- From: TeX-Music [mailto:tex-music-boun...@tug.org] On Behalf Of Dieter Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 1:22 AM To: tex-music@tug.org Subject: Re: [Tex-music] Fine tuning of staff distance in PMX Thanks toall for their proposals. I am using plain PMX with the "Ae"Option.I will do some experimentation along your lines. I also tried to make two instruments instead of four (essentially two pianos) . But then the verses always appeared below the bass line. Regards DIeter Am 09.02.2015 um 06:09 schrieb Don Simons:Andre and Dirk's suggestions will probably work. But before I installed the Ae option in PMX, whenever I tried these sorts of adjustments I would very often have problems with systems spilling over onto an extra page. I wanted Dieter to send me his source, first to confirm my suspicion that he had in fact not used M-Tx, and second, to demonstrate how to use Ae and then make the kinds of adjustments he wants by using \spread. Ae has the advantage that no matter what you do to vertical spacing within a page, page breaks will always be where you want them, and no systems will ever spill over onto an extra page. --Don Simons-----Original Message----- From: TeX-Music [mailto:tex-music-boun...@tug.org] On Behalf OfAndreVan Ryckeghem Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 8:30 PM To: Werner Icking Music Archive Subject: Re: [Tex-music] Fine tuning of staff distance in PMX I suppose you use 4 instruments You may change the space between the staffs by using ie. AI.8 Then the space above instrument 1 and 3 must be larger: \\setinterinstrument1{5\Interligne}\ \\setinterinstrument3{5\Interligne}\ You may try to make space above intrument 2 smaller(negatieve number is possible): \\setinterinstrument2{0\Interligne}\ Propably you need to change the place of the lyrics (the number can be negative either)ie. \setsongraise2{1\Interligne}\ Perhaps you also may use \\songtop4\songbottom1\ or \\songtop4\songbottom3\songtop2\songbottom1\ Preserving the page layout: Above the start of the music: \\vskip-2\Interligne\%less space between componist and first staff or/and use staff size 16 or/and make the page higher: w270m Andre -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Dieter Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 7:05 PM To: Werner Icking Music Archive Subject: [Tex-music] Fine tuning of staff distance in PMX Hi PMXperts, if you have time, please have a look at the attachment, which I produced with PMX and MusixLyr. It doesnot look too bad, but I would like to put a bit more space between staves for the verses and less space, when there are no verses, and hopefully preserve the two-page layout. Thanks and regards, Dieter ------------------------------- TeX-music@tug.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music ------------------------------- TeX-music@tug.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music------------------------------- TeX-music@tug.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music------------------------------- TeX-music@tug.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
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