Buon giorno,
I haven't seen any actual scores with this method of indicating a time signature;
however, I've seen it used in the examples of the web site "Aural Comprehension Guide"
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/etg/et_guide.html. (This link may have errors, but...)
MusixTeX doesn't support it; however, I liked this functionality and hacked up a few
macros (included below) to enable me to do this. They are not perfect, but they do the
job.
Cheers,
MK
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\makeatletter
\newdimen\qn@wd
\qn@wd\fontdimen\si@\musicnorfont
%%% Dotted Minim (\hlp)
\def\Mnp{\vbox\@to\thr@@\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\qn@wd{%
\hss
\vrule\@height\z@\@depth\si@\internote\@width\lthick\kernm\lthick
\musicnorfont\@ight
\raise\internote\hbox{\musixchar\z@}%
\hss}
\vss}}
%%% Minim (\hl)
\def\Mnm{\vbox\@to\thr@@\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\qn@wd{%
\hss
\vrule\@height\z@\@depth\si@\internote\@width\lthick\kernm\lthick
\musicnorfont\@ight
\hss}
\vss}}
%%% Dotted Crotchet (\qlp)
\def\Crp{\vbox\@to\thr@@\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\qn@wd{%
\hss
\vrule\@height\z@\@depth\si@\internote\@width\lthick\kernm\lthick
\musicnorfont\s@v@n
\raise\internote\hbox{\musixchar\z@}%
\hss}
\vss}}
%%% Crotchet (\ql)
\def\Crt{\vbox\@to\thr@@\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\qn@wd{%
\hss
\vrule\@height\z@\@depth\si@\internote\@width\lthick\kernm\lthick
\musicnorfont\s@v@n
\hss}
\vss}}
%%% Dotted Quaver (\clp)
\def\Qvp{\setbox\ch@box\hbox{\musicnorfont\char\@xlv}%
\vbox\@to\thr@@\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\qn@wd{%
\hss
\vrule\@height\z@\@depth\si@\internote\@width\lthick\kernm\lthick
\musicnorfont\s@v@n
\lower\si@\internote\box\ch@box
\raise\internote\hbox{\musixchar\z@}%
\hss}
\vss}}
%%% Quaver (\cl)
\def\Qvr{\setbox\ch@box\hbox{\musicnorfont\char\@xlv}%
\vbox\@to\thr@@\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\qn@wd{%
\hss
\vrule\@height\z@\@depth\si@\internote\@width\lthick\kernm\lthick
\musicnorfont\s@v@n
\lower\si@\internote\box\ch@box
\hss}
\vss}}
%%% Dotted SemiQuaver (\cclp)
\def\Sqp{\setbox\ch@box\hbox{\musicnorfont\char46}%
\vbox\@to\thr@@\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\qn@wd{%
\hss
\vrule\@height\z@\@depth\si@\internote\@width\lthick\kernm\lthick
\musicnorfont\s@v@n
\lower\si@\internote\box\ch@box
\raise\internote\hbox{\musixchar\z@}%
\hss}
\vss}}
%%% SemiQuaver (\ccl)
\def\Sqv{\setbox\ch@box\hbox{\musicnorfont\char46}%
\vbox\@to\thr@@\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\qn@wd{%
\hss
\vrule\@height\z@\@depth\si@\internote\@width\lthick\kernm\lthick
\musicnorfont\s@v@n
\lower\si@\internote\box\ch@box
\hss}
\vss}}
\def\Meterfrac#1#2{%
\setbox\toks@box\vbox{\hbox{~\meterfont{#1}}}%
\vbox\@to\@ight\internote{\offinterlineskip
\hbox\@to\wd\toks@box{\hss{\meterfont{#1}}\hss}\vss
\hbox\@to\wd\toks@box{#2\hss}}}
\makeatother
% Usage:
\generalmeter{\Meterfrac{4}{\Crt}} % 4 \over \ql
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maurizio Codogno [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 23:11
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: meter with notes
In some Italian scores I found meter indication in a peculiar way:
instead of 4/4 or C, for example, you have
4
\ql
(let me write it 4 \over \ql for simplicity).
Similarly, 2/2 is 2\over \hl and 6/8 is 2 \over \qlp .
I found that notation really useful, especially for beginners, and I wonder
(a) whether it is common outside Italy and (b) if MusixTeX supports it.
ciao, .mau.
