Frank Stefani wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> the included M-Tx source shows a four voice gospel song. I'm
> unable to notate this with S and A voices in the first and
> T and B in the second staff:
>
> /
> | Soprano and Alto notes
> | lyrics ... lyrics ... lyrics
> | Tenor and Bass notes
> \
>
> The error message is
>
> --- snip ---------
Tex err msgs
> --- snap ---------
>
> After this first error a lot of similar lines appear. I find
> it strange that everything runs without an error if I put
> every voice (S, A, T and B) in a single staff. The problem
> only occurs with
>
> Style: Choir
> Choir: Voices S,A T,B; Choral Continuo; Clefs G F
>
> not with
>
> Style: Choir
> Choir: Voices S A T B; Choral Continuo; Clefs G G F F
>
> notation. So I'm really clueless. I hope someone can
> give me an idea of what's wrong with my source, see below.
>
M-Tx doesn't know what to do with your S:, A:, T: and B: labels. The voices
are defined - as you have done - in the preamble. Just remove them from your
music paragraph and M-Tx/pmx/TeX will do their jobs.
BTW you don't need to invent the Choir style. The predefined SATB does the
same.
> --- snip ---------
old M-tx code
> --- snap ---------
After having processed your file I had a look at your score. There were some
octave errors due to erroneous or lacking +/- s. I have corrected them in my
proposals below.
I suggest you replace your first full bar with a pickup especially as your
last bar contains only three beats to compensate for the pickup bar. In the
last bar you have to explicitly set the thin-thick ending barline symbol |]
because of the lacking beat. The pickup bar is counted by M-Tx as bar 0.
Your music distributed on 4 systems gives too little room for the text. You
should require - at least - 5 systems.
In bar 27 (your bar 28) the distance between soprano and alto in the last
beat is a second. You should
handle this interval by moving the alto to the right by adding 'r' to the
lower (alto) note.
Explicit rests for all parts in a SATB score don't look nice. In the two
first bars in my proposal I have suppressed the rests of the lower part in
each staff and moved the rest in the upper part one step down. I suggest you
do that for the whole score.
In bars 17 and 25 (your bars 18 and 26) I have replaced your tied dotted
quarter- and eighthnotes with a single half notes in all parts apart from
the tenor moving upwards on the eighthnote. As a general rule - that does
not always apply :-) - you should reduce the number note symbols to the
fewest possible.
As far as I can see you're not the composer of the arrangement. If you know
him AND he is not easily offended :-) you should ask him to reconsider the
parallel octaves and fifths in his arrangement, e.g. bar 6. Such parallels
may be impressive in some stylistic contexts, but in a spiritual arrangement
like the current I would definitely avoid them.
--- My proposals ---
Title: Followers Of Christ
Composer: Satz: Peter Sandwall
Style: SATB
Systems: 5
Pages: 1
Size: 16
Sharps: 2
Meter: 4/4
Options: b
%%w160m
%Takt 1
d8 | f4 a8 ( a a4 ) r8-1 a | b4 b8 ( a a4 ) ( g8 a ) | a2d r4-1 |
b8- | d4 f8 ( f f4 ) r8b f | g4 g8 ( f f4 ) ( e8 f ) | f2d r4b |
L: I wan-na be a foll-o-wer of Christ.
g8 | a4 d8 ( d d4 ) r8-1 d | d4 d8 ( d d4 ) ( b8 d ) | d2d r4-1 |
a8- | d4 d8 ( d d4 ) r8b d | d4 d8 ( d d4 ) ( a8 d ) | d2d r4b |
%Takt 5
r2d r8 d8- | ( f a ) a ( a a4 ) r | b4 b a f8 ( f e ) e4d r2 |
r2d r8 b8- | ( d f ) f ( f f4 ) r | g4 g f d8 ( d c ) c4d r2 |
L: I wan-na be one of his dis-cip-les.
r2d r8 g8- | ( a d ) d ( d d4 ) r | e4 e d b8 ( b a ) a4d r2 |
r2d r8 a8 | ( d d ) d ( d d4 ) r | g4 g f e8 ( e a ) a4d r2 |
%Takt 9
r2d r8 d8 | ( f a ) a ( a a ) r a a | b4 a g ( a a )( d2d )( d2 ) r4d a8 |
r2d r8 b8 | ( d f ) f ( f f ) r f f | g4 f e ( f f )( a2d )( a2 ) r4d f8 |
L: I wan-na walk in his beau-ti-ful light. So
r2d r8 g8 | ( a d ) d ( d d ) r d d | e4 d b ( d d )( f2d )( f2 ) r4d d8 |
r2d r8 a8- | ( d d ) d ( d d ) r f f | g4 f e ( d d )( d2d )( d2 ) r4d d8 |
%Takt 13
b4 b8 ( a a4 ) r8 f | g4 g8 ( f f4 ) ( e8 d ) | d0 ||
g4 g8 ( f f4 ) r8 d | e4 e8 ( d d4 ) ( c8 b ) | a0 ||
L: let me be a foll-o-wer of Christ.
e4 e8 ( d d4 ) r8 a | b4 b8 ( a a4 ) ( g8 f ) | f0 ||
g4 g8 ( f f4 ) r8 f | e4 e8 ( a- a4 ) ( a8 d ) | d0 ||
%Takt 16
r2 a8+ a a4 | b b8 ( b b2 ) | r2 b8 b b4 | b a8 ( a a2 ) |
r2 f8+ f f4 | g g8 ( g g2 ) | r2 g8 g g4 | g f8 ( f f2 ) |
L: What do I have to do, what do I have to say,
r2 d8+ d d4 | d d8 ( ds d4d )( e8 ) | r2 c8 c c4 | e d8 ( d d2 ) |
r2 d8 d d4 | g g8 ( g g2 ) | r2 a8 a a4 | d- d8 ( d d2 ) |
%Takt 20
r2 a8 a a4 | b a8 ( a a2 ) | r2 b4 b | b a8 ( a a2 ) |
r2 f8 f f4 | f e8 ( e e2 ) | r2 g4 g | g f8 ( f f2 ) |
L: how do I have to walk each and ev'-ry day?
r2 d8 d d4 | d c8 ( c c2 ) | r2 e4 e | e d8 ( d d2 ) |
r2 b8 b b4 | a a8 ( a a2 ) | r2 a4 a | d d8 ( d d2 ) |
%Takt 24
r2 a8 a a4 | b4 b8 ( b b2 ) | r2 b4 b | b a r f | f2 r4d a8 |
r2 f8 f f4 | g4 g8 ( g g2 ) | r2 g4 g | g f r er | d2s r4d f8 |
L: Tell me what does it cost, if I car-ry the cross? So
r2 d8 d d4 | d4 d8 ( ds d4d )( e8 ) | r2 c4 c | e d r a | b2 r4d b8 |
r2 d8 d d4 | g4 g8 ( g g2 ) | r2 a4 a | d- d r cn | b2 r4d d8s |
%Takt 28
b4 b8 ( a a4 ) r8 f | g4 g8 ( f f4 ) ( e8 d ) | d2 r2 | r2 r4 |]
g4 g8 ( f f4 ) r8 ds | e4 e8 ( d d4 ) ( c8 b ) | a2 r2 | r2 r4 |]
L: let me be a foll-o-wer of Christ!
d4 d8 ( cn c4 ) r8 c | b4 b8 ( a a4 ) ( g8 f ) | f2 r2 | r2 r4 |]
e4 e8 ( d d4 ) r8 d | g4 g8 ( a a4 ) ( a8- d ) | d2 r2 | r2 r4 |]
--- end proposals
Regards
--
Christian Mondrup, Computer Programmer
Scandiatransplant, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus
Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Phone: +45 89 49 53 01, Telefax: +45 89 49 60 07
