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).
>
> Consider the following example:
>
> ================================
> Style: Singer
> Meter: C
>
> %% w2i
> [ c8 d1 e1 ] [ d8 e1 f1 ] e2 |
> L: A-men
> ================================
>
> Now of course I want the first syllable of `Amen' to be a melisma of 6
> notes, and the second syllable should be on the final half note.
>
> The first thing I tried to achieve this is putting a slur around the
> first six notes (I don't really want this though -- I often need
> melismas *without* slurs). This doesn't work at all; M-Tx complains
> about:
>
> Melisma starts with slur but ends with beam: ERROR on line 5
>
> no matter in what order I put the ( ) and [ ]. This looks like a bug to
> me.
>
> Putting in \beginmel\ and \endmel\ as inline TeX doesn't work either,
> because they interfere with the \endmel commands that M-Tx puts in
> itself.
>
> What I end up doing now is this:
>
> ================================
> Style: Singer
> Meter: C
>
> %% w2i
> [ c8 d1 e1 ] [ \nolyr\ d8 e1 f1 ] e2 |
> L: A-men
> ================================
>
> This works quite well in this simple example, but it is a pain when
> there are very long melismas. (Defining \let\nl=\nolyr\ helps some, but
> not much.)
>
> I suggest adding a new pair of commands to M-Tx to begin and end a
> melisma; unfortunately I can't think of any characters that could be
> used for this, but maybe someone else can. If { } were not already
> taken, I would suggest to use them like this:
>
>
> with proper nesting of any beams or slurs that might occur inside such a
> group.
Hi Stefan,
I think/hope this one is EASY!! Simply use
( c8 d1 e1 d8 e1 f1 ) e2 |
HTH,
Frank.
BTW: I attach a very nice 'Halleluja' (well, it's not an 'Amen' ;-)
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Title: Halleluja
%Composer: Philipp Emanuel Erlebach (1657-1714)
Composer: Ph. E. Erlebach (1657-1714)
Meter: 4/4
Style: Chor
Chor: Voices S A T B; Choral; Clefs G G G F
Size: 16
Bars/lines: 4
Systems: 3
Pages: 1
Space: -2 -2 -2 2
%w160m
%Bar
%% \\\smalltype\
S: r0 | r |
L:
A: r8 c e c ( g+ f1 e f8 e1 d | e8 ) g g8d f1s g8 d d d |
L: Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
T: r0 | r2 r8 g b g |
L: Hal-le-lu-
B: r0 | r |
L:
%Bar 3
S: r | r8 c+ g c ( b a1 g a8d b1 |
L: Hal-le-lu-ja,
A: ( e d1 c d8 e f ) e d8d d1 | e8 g g g g g fd f1 |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
T: (+0+.4 c b1 a b8 a1 g a8 )+5 c cd b1 | c8 e c e ( dd e1 c8d d1 |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja,
B: r | r8 c e c ( g+ f1 e f8 e1 d |
L: Hal-le-lu-ja,
%Bar 5
S: c8 ) b a8d a1 g8 b d b | ( e8 d1 c d8 c1 b c8 ) c cd b1 |
L: Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
A: g8 g ed d1 d8 g g g | g4 r r8 e a g |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
T: g8- ) d+ cd a1 b8 d d d | c4 r r8 c f d |
L: Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
B: e8 ) g g8d f1s g8 g b g | ( c b1 a b8 a1 g a8 ) a f g |
L: Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
%Bar 7
S: c8 c c c (u+6 b a1 g a8 b | c d1 e f8 e1 d e8 ) d cd c1 |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
A: g2d r4 | r2 r8 g g fs |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
T: e e c e d4 r | r2 r8 b c d |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
B: c- c e c (+0 g+ f1 e f8 e1 d e8 d1 c d8 c1 b c8 )+6 b a d |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
%Bar 9
S: b8 d d d c4 r | r8 e dd d1 c8 e e e |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
A: g2d r4 | r8 g a ( g1 f ) e8 g g g |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
T: d b d b ( e d1 c d8 c1 b | c8 ) c cd b1 c8 c c c |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
B: g- g+ b g ( c b1 a b8 a1 g | a8 ) c f- g c- c e c |
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-
%Bar 11
S: d8 d d ( c1 b ) c8 c cd b1 | c0
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja!
A: g8 a a ( g1 f ) g8 g gd g1 | g0
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja, Hal-le-lu-ja!
T: (u+6 b8 a1 g a b c d c8 ) e dd d1 | e0
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja!
B: ( g+ f1 e f8 e1 d e8 ) c gd+ g1- | c0
L: ja, Hal-le-lu-ja!
