Luc Saffre wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to typeset my first piece using M-Tx & Co.
>
> It is a psalm where the different verses have a variable number of
> syllables to be sung on the same note.
> In Musixtex this should be typeset using a \zwq - not with a \wh as I did.
>
> If you are interested in this problem, I hope that you can compile the
> following code (if not, I can send you a dvi or ps file).
>
> Unfortunately for me (and this psalm), pmx and thus mtx do not know the
> concept of a note which can have any number of syllables. So I used an "a0".
> The text to come below this note is one single word for pmx because I used
> "~" instead of spaces. This trick works fine... except for the alignment
> (and the missing vertical bars around \zwq which is only a \wh)
>
> I tried to put \leftlyrtrue and \llyr at different places in this code, but
> without visible results.
>
> Do you have an idea?
>
Add the \leftlyrtrue statement as a type 2 musixtex string at the start
of the first
mtx paragraph
%% \\leftlyrtrue\
b9 \caesura\ b9 c4 d2 c4 b a2
....
You might replace the whole notes with breves which IMHO denote variable
duration better than whole notes do. If the hymn is to be sung for male
voices (its title suggests to me that its origin is Greek orthodox
church music) then you should consider changing the mtx style slightly:
MyChoral: Voices V1,V2 V3,V4; Choral; Clefs G8 F
Style: MyChoral
Regards
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