>
> 1) shifted alto clef:
>
> \setclef14
> \setsign1{1}
>
> produces the sharp # above the top line of the staffs, in the score I'm
> excerpting from, the sharp is noted one octave deeper - How could this be
> changed ?
> Is the usual notation to note the sharp above the highest staff line ?
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I don't believe there is a 'usual notation' for key signatures before,
perhaps, the last century--I have seen different variants, especially
in the C clefs. However, the following changes give key signatures
which follow the manuscripts I set, including lowering the first
sharp in a C4 clef:
in musixtex.tex, find the definition of \C@sig, and add the four
lines indicated in the cut below between 'lwp+' and 'lwp-'
\def\C@sig#1{\n@iii#1% Correction by W. Icking
\advance\n@iii\ut@ref \advance\n@iii\ut@ref
\ifnum\ut@ref=\si@ \advance\n@iii-\fourt@@n%
\else \ifnum\ut@ref>\z@ \advance\n@iii-\s@v@n \fi\fi
\ifnum\n@iii<\@ne \global\advance\n@iii\s@v@n \fi
\ifnum\n@iii<\@ne \global\advance\n@iii\s@v@n \fi
\ifnum\n@iii>\@l@v@n \advance\n@iii-\s@v@n \fi
\ifnum\n@iii>\@l@v@n \advance\n@iii-\s@v@n \fi
%%%lwp+
\ifnum\ut@ref=\@ne\ifnum\n@iii<\f@ur\advance\n@iii\s@v@n\fi\fi
\ifnum\ut@ref=\tw@\ifnum\n@iii<\f@ur\advance\n@iii\s@v@n\fi\fi
\ifnum\ut@ref=\f@ur\ifnum\n@iii>\t@n\advance\n@iii-\s@v@n\fi\fi
\ifnum\ut@ref=\fiv@\ifnum\n@iii>\nin@\advance\n@iii-\s@v@n\fi\fi
%%%lwp-
\advance\n@iii-\tw@ \raise\n@iii\internote
\hbox\@to\tw@\internote{\hss\keychar\n@v\hss}}
This is a somewhat clumsy addition; it also gives bad results in some
cases, such as more than three flats in C1--but then, I never see such
music. If you want to rewrite the key signatures in cleaner fashion, you
may want to change the constants in the definition of \writ@sign as well
as the arithmetic in \C@sig. Modify musixtex.tex at your own risk! :>
:lwp
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