> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:13:06 +0100 (MET)
> From: Maurizio Codogno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Which is the simplest way to code it in M-Tx? I think that I could
> have two systems on the same staff, but then there are two problems:
> (a) How can I leave blank either system, when I don't need it?
You may have two voices in one staff as you need it. In pmx it's written:
... lower voice ... //
... upper voice ... /
You may leave a voice blank by not specifying it. If this is within a
bar then you may use blank rests e.g. r4b. At such places you have
to correct the stem direction manually if it does not conform to
the stem direction required for a single voice in one system.
You may specify e.g. c4u to get an up-stem.
Maybe PMX could learn that the user may request the "single"-voice
stem for *such cases* so that the user must not explicitly ask for
"u"-pstem or "d"-ownstem. This would make such pieces easier transposable.
A syntax could be "cv" (cs, c1, ca do have already a specific meaning).
> (b) How can I specify that a system uses smaller notes?
For "Stichworte" (small notes in parts which tells what another voice is
playing) I use as shortcut \snz\ defined as \def\snz{\smallnotesize}. In
single voice parts with PMX, you must put \snz\ just before any note with
a new duration. In a score you must put \snz\ just before any note where
the duration in one of the voices changes.
[Because you know MusiXTeX you can imagine why this is true. For the voice
in question \snz\ must be inserted whenever a new \notes...\en is used.
This is done, when a new duration in any of the voices occurs.]
You can see my usage of my slightly modified \snz\ in my SQ-edition of Bachs
Kunst der Fuge. The source is available on http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/scores/
-- look for Bach, Kunst der Fuge, Urtext. There you may take e.g. kfsqi.pmx,
extract the voices with scor2prt, and process one of the voices with pmx.
PMX does not know about the smaller notes. So it's possible that it automatically
inserts some additional space between two notes, which would be neccessary for
normal size notes, but which isn't neccessary for smallsize notes.
-- Werner
