I just tried setting a piece of music with repeat marks |: and :|.
In my printout the : marks are centered around the top line of the
staff (f above treble c in G clef). My memory of printed music is
that repeat marks should be around the middle line (g above middle c
in G clef).
Am I mis-remembering where repeat marks go? Or have I done something
wrong in my input (seems to happen everytime I try to experiment with
something new).
Also, if there's a way to get the em-dash in the first system centered
under the bar line (or mid-way between the two words), I'd like to
know about it.
Here's my input:
Meter: 4/4
Sharps: 3
Space: 10
Style: SINGER
Pages: 1
Systems: 3
%% h9.8i
%% w7i
% %% \\vsize=10in\
%% \\hoffset=.05in\voffset=.05in\
%% \\font\twelverm=cmr12\
%% \\font\sevtrm=cmr17\
%% \\def\emdash{---}\
%% \\def\hy{\thinspace-}\
%% \\def\chorus{\sevtrm~\bf{Chorus:}}\
% %% \\pageno=xxxx\
%% \\headline{\twelverm Filker Up 5\hfill page xxxx}\
%% \\line{\twelverm ~\hfill}\
%% \\line{\twelverm ~\hfill}\
%% \\line{\twelverm I CAN TELL YOUR FUTURE\hfill}\
%% \\line{\twelverm Words and Music by Lee Gold\hfill}\
%% \\nobarnumbers\
U: @+2 A ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
@+10 |: a8 a a a c4 a | a8 a a a c4 a :|
L: I can tell your fu-ture~\emdash~ I can tell your fu-ture!
%%L2
U: A ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
a8 a a a c4 a | c a2 r4 |
L: I can tell your fu-ture trust me!
U: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ E ~
a8 a a a c4 a | b2d r4 |
L: Lis-ten and you'll see it's true.
U: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
b4 b e b8 b | e4 b e2 | e4 d c8 a b4 |
L: Play it straight with the Jhe-reg, or There's no fu-ture for
U: A
a0
L: you.
