On Sat, May 30, 1998 at 09:19:04PM +0200, Stefan Haller wrote:
> M-Tx handles melismas automatically based on the beams and slurs; this
> is great, but not flexible enough (unless I'm missing something) in
> cases where you have to override this default handling (and I often
> have).
On a somewhat related note, I noticed the new feature in M-Tx 0.30:
[[, {{ and (( that are used to turn off melisma, but I couldn't figure out
how to turn it back on (!). :-) So, after scratching my head for a long
time (and reading the docs and the .pmx file etc.), I decided to add
\beginmel\ and \endmel\ for now ('cause I need the music for the trumpet
player on Sunday for the Confirmation Mass. :-)
The following is an example:
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Title: Bread, Blessed and Broken
Composer: \twelverm Michael Lynch
Sharps: 2
Style: Singer
Meter: 4/4
Pages: 1
Systems: 5
Space: 20
{Verse1}
Je-sus you're the one I love; you're the one I know.
You're the one who makes me strong, Spir-it in my soul.
{Verse2}
>From the clouds of yes-ter-day, through the night of pain,
teach me, Lord, to know your way, know it once a-gain.
{Verse3}
May the bread we break to-day, may the cup we share
lift the bur-dens of our hearts, lift them ev-'ry-where.
{Verse4}
Pass-ing on to each of us meas-ure of your love,
love to make us whole a-gain as we share your Word.
{Verse5}
Je-sus you're the one I love; you're the one I know.
You're the one who makes me strong, Spir-it in my soul.
{Refrain}
Bread, blessed and bro-ken for us all,
sym-bol of your love from the grain so tall.
Bread, blessed and bro-ken for us all,
bread of life you give to us, bread of life for all.
%%\\font\elevenrm=cmr10 scaled\magstephalf\
%%\\font\elevenss=cmss10 scaled\magstephalf\
%%\\font\twelvess=cmss12\
%%\\hoffset=-0.5in\twelvess\largemusicsize\
%%w7.5i h10.5i
%%Ti
%%Trumpet (690, Breaking Bread 1998)
%%Ar K+1+4
U: @< @< !twelverm VERSES:
@+17 r4 [[ f8 f ] g4 [ a8 ( \beginmel\ g8 ] | \endmel\ g4d ) f8 e2 |
L: {Verse1,Verse2,Verse3,Verse4,Verse5}
r4+2 [ e8 e ] f4 [ g8 ( \beginmel\ f8 ] | \endmel\ f0 ) |
%%L2
r4 [ f8 f ] g4 [ a8 ( \beginmel\ g8 ] | \endmel\ g4d ) f8 e2 |
U: | !twelveit @> @> ~~~~~~~~~Fine
r4 [ e8 f ] g4 [ c-8 ( \beginmel\ d8 ] | \endmel\ d0 ) |]
% Refrain
%%L3
Space: 6
U: !twelverm @+1 @< ~~~~~~~~REFRAIN: @-1
@=0 @+4 b+0 | ( \beginmel\ a2d \endmel\ [ a8 ) f8 ] |
L: {Refrain}
g4 [ f8 ( \beginmel\ e8 ] \endmel\ e4 ) [ d8 ( \beginmel\ f8 ] | \endmel\ f0 ) |
r4 [ f8 g ] a4 [ b8 ( \beginmel\ g8 ] | \endmel\ g0 ) |
r4 [ e8 f ] g4 [ a8 ( \beginmel\ f8 ] | \endmel\ f0 ) |
b0 | ( \beginmel\ a2d \endmel\ [ a8 ) f8 ] |
g4 [ f8 ( \beginmel\ e8 ] \endmel\ e4 ) [ d8 ( \beginmel\ f8 ] | \endmel\ f0 ) |
r4 [ f8 g ] a4 [ f8 ( \beginmel\ g8 ] | \endmel\ g4 ) [ f8 ( \beginmel\ e8 ] \endmel\
e2 ) |
U: | @> ~~to~Verses
r4 [ e8 f ] g4 [ c-8 ( \beginmel\ d8 ] | \endmel\ d0 ) ||
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Last but not least, ("sucking up" warning! :-) Thanks for the wonderful
M-Tx, MusiXLyr, PMX and MusiXTeX programs. :-)
(For Han-wen and Jan if you are reading: I am playing with both M-Tx and
friends and LilyPond, so please don't be jealous. <grin, duck, run>
I'll write to you more about the LilyPond and Debian when I have time. :-)
Oh yeah, Dirk and Don, could you add support for \trio (?) in PMX/M-Tx?
,__3__.
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Please excuse my poor drawing. :-) (I forgot what the exact command is in
MusiXTeX, an I'm too lazy to look it up.) Thanks!
Cheers,
Anthony
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