Anthony Fok wrote:
>
> 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. :-)
>
[ Ignore my earlier post -- I replied before trying out your example.]
It's easier to have melisma turned ON and use \nolyr when the melismas
are as short as yours. I give the result below -- I've also added some
hardspace in the music and hard blanks in the lyrics to make it look good.
Maybe Rainer can tell us how to fix the somewhat erratic vertical spacing
in the lyrics.
====
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 ( g8 ] | \nolyr\ g4d ) f8 e2 |
L: {Verse1,Verse2,Verse3,Verse4,Verse5}
r4+2 [[ e8 e ] f4 [[ g8 ( f8 ] | \nolyr\ f0 ) |
%%L2
r4 [[ f8 f ] g4 [[ a8 ( g8 ] | \nolyr\ g4d ) f8 e2 |
U: | !twelveit @> @> ~~~~~~~~~Fine
r4 [[ e8 f ] g4 [[ c-8 ( d8 ] | \nolyr\ d0 ) |]
% Refrain
%%L3
Space: 6
U: !twelverm @+1 @< ~~~~~~~~REFRAIN: @-1
@=0 @+4 b+0 | ( a2d [[ \nolyr\ a8 ) f8 ] |
L: {Refrain}
g4 [[ f8 ( e8 ] \nolyr\ e4 ) [[ d8 ( f8 ] | \nolyr\ f0 ) |
r4 [ f8 g ] a4 [[ b8 ( g8 ] | \nolyr\ g0 ) |
r4 [ e8 X1 f ] g4 [[ a8 ( f8 ] | \nolyr\ f0 ) |
b0 | ( a2d [[ \nolyr\ a8 ) f8 ] |
g4 [[ f8 ( e8 ] \nolyr\ e4 ) [[ d8 ( f8 ] | \nolyr\ f0 ) |
r4 [ f8 X1 g ] a4 [[ f8 ( g8 ] | \nolyr\ g4 ) [[ f8 ( e8 ] \nolyr\ e2 ) |
U: | @> ~~to~Verses
r4 [ e8 X1 f ] g4 [[ c-8 ( d8 ] | \nolyr\ d0 ) ||
