Somebody sent me sheet music for a song in base clef, which I'm
setting using M-Tx. It's fairly simple in most respects, no
triplets or other tricky things for me to learn.
I tried defining a new style, "BassSinger", following the examples
in section 7 (Preamble), substituting "Clefs F" for "Clefs G" in
the definition of the SINGER style. To my dismay the F clefs
printed on the Uptext line instead of on the staff.
There's also a minor glitch in positioning the first chord notation --
I'd like it to appear over the initial rest instead of the first
"real" note. I'm not sure if this is possible in M-Tx; if not I'll
live with the way it looks.
Btw, this problem is not critical for me. I have over a month before
the music is needed for printing, and I actually intend to print it in
G clef - I only printed it in F so I could easily compare it against
the original.
Here's my input:
Meter: 4/4
Pages: 1
Systems: 5
Space: 7
BassSinger: Voices S; Vocal; Clefs F
STYLE: BassSinger
% Bars/Line: 3
% Style: SINGER
%% h9.8i
%% w7i
% %% \\vsize=10in\
%% \\hoffset=.05in\voffset=.05in\
%% \\font\twelverm=cmr12\
%% \\font\sevtrm=cmr17\
%% \\def\emdash{\thinspace---\thinspace}\
%% \\def\hy{\thinspace-}\
%% \\def\chorus{\sevtrm~\bf{Chorus:}}\
% %% \\pageno=xxxx\
%% \\headline{\twelverm Xenofilkia \#60\hfill page xxxx}\
%% \\line{\twelverm ~\hfill}\
%% \\line{\twelverm ~\hfill}\
%% \\line{\twelverm LAST ONE\hfill}\
%% \\line{\twelverm Words and Music \copyright~XXX by XXX XXX\hfill}\
%% \\nobarnumbers\
U: Am ~ ~ G ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
@+3 r4 a- a c | d c8 b4 b8 b b | g4d b8 c4 b
L: It seems just ~hours a-go They lit the fuse and sent us
U: Am ~ ~ ~ ~ F ~ ~ ~ ~
a2d r4 | r4 a8 a a4d a8 | f4 f f f8 f
L: high. Head-ing out to let them know We could |
U: G ~ ~ ~ Em ~ Am ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
g4d g8 g4 a | b2d b4 | a8 a a4 a a8 a |
L: live be-yond the sky. The pow-er ~went out in a
U: G ~ ~ ~ ~
b4 b8 b4d b8 b |
L: ~smo-ky pall But they
U: C ~ ~ ~ ~ Dm ~ ~ ~ ~
c4d c8 c c c4 | d d d a8 a |
L: said the shut-tle would ~save us all. There was
U: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
d4 d8 d d4 d8 d
L: one on the pad just in
U: Am ~ ~ ~ C ~ ~ ~ G ~ ~ Am
e4 e e4d e8 | c c c c b a g4 | a2d r4
L: case we called, I won-der why ~they're ta-king so ~long.
