> From: "Silas S. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:14:45 +0100 (BST)
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> Yes, this is the problem, sorry. However, the PMX documentation is
> slightly scant on the meaning of "relative accidental" - does it mean
> that if I wanted a B natural in a flat key I would have to say B#?
Yes. Because "relative accidentals" are more a feature of MusiXTeX than
of PMX the descript is (should be :-) in the MusiXTeX manual. But I'm
sure it cannot be described, it can only easily be used once one has
seen how logically it works :-)
> (Ie. apart from putting "Ar" in, do I have to do anything else?)
"Ar" puts "\relativeaccid" into PMX's MusiXTeX output. If you then code
"bs" in PMX, PMX will generate "\sh b�. If the signature is a flat key
MusiXTeX will output a natural. In the same way "bn" produces "\na b"
and MusiXTeX output a flat sign.
Some time ago I put a small example for this powerful MusiXTeX feature
on http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/. Look for "typesetting scales" under
MusiXTeX add-ons. A C-major/A-minor scale is tranposed to all keys
using \transpose and \relativeaccid.
-- Werner
