David Price wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I've just begun using pmx/musiXTeX (for the Mac) and am stuck on my first
> piece because it requires three voices per staff (a common enough feature
> in classical guitar).
With mtx and it's chord line feature - which translates into the pmx chord note
'z<some note>' - you should be able to achieve much of what you want. Let the
the following little excerpt from a composition by Carulli be an example:
Meter: 6/8
Sharps: 2
Guitar: Voices GH,GL; Clefs G
Style: Guitar
Pages: 1
Systems: 2
Title: Larghetto espressivo
Composer: F. Carulli
a8+ | a8d b1 a8 a4 a8 | a4 g8 g4 f8 |
C: ~ f ~ ~ e e d- ~ d c
r8 | d4d+ c4 c8 | b4d b4 a8 |
e8d ds1 e8 g f e | f4d e4 a8 |
C: b ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ d c ~
g4 r8 e f g | a4 gs8 a4 r8 |
a8d b1 a8 a4 a8 | g4 g8 f4 d8 |
C: f ~ ~ e e d d c a
d4d- c4 c8 | b4 b8 a4 f8 |
e f g d4 c8 | e4d d4
C: bg ~ ~ f- e- cg af
g f e a4 a8 | d4d d4
>
> Is there another (Mac) preprocessor that can handle three or more voices?
>
> The instructions for MusiXTex are mind-boggling but the program seems to be
> able to handle multiple voices. Is it a case of using pmx to do two voices,
> then adjusting the MusiXTeX coding for a third voice?
>
> Also, is there a macro to handle classical guitar necessities like
> notations for fingering, positions, and strings?
Almost everything may be achieved using in-line musixtex macros, but I don't
know any ready-made guitar fingering macros.
> I looked at the archives and found similar questions, but no answers.
>
> Cheers
Regards
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