Sorry, I forgot to add that to make Dieter's score fit I used AI.7 (be careful to cancel out the AI1 that's already there).
--Don > -----Original Message----- > From: TeX-Music [mailto:tex-music-boun...@tug.org] On Behalf Of Don > Simons > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 8:04 AM > To: 'Werner Icking Music Archive' > Subject: Re: [Tex-music] Fine tuning of staff distance in PMX > > 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 Of > > Andre > > >> Van 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 ------------------------------- 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
