Luc Saffre wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christian Mondrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Luc Saffre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; mutex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: alignment of text in psalms
>
> > Add the \leftlyrtrue statement as a type 2 musixtex string at the start
> > of the first mtx paragraph
>
> Ha! a double backslash... sorry I missed to observe this in the examples
>
see below
> > You might replace the whole notes with breves which IMHO denote
> > variable duration better than whole notes do.
>
> Good! ... how did you know that a duration of 9 means a breve?
You should bear in mind that mtx is a pmx preprocessor and that you
therefore need to study the pmx documentation carefully. There you'll
find the description of '9' as the way to achieve a breve note value.
> And is there
> perhaps another possibility to get a "real" \zwq ?
>
yes, be replacing \wh (or \breve) by \wq - see below.
> > 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
>
> This sheet is intended for an SATB quatuor. I copied it from a hand-written
> paper which had three voices, all three written on the same staff. This was
> not very readable. The tenor of "my" edition sings in fact the same as the
> soprano. I think that now it is more easy to read. The drawback of this is
> that now it is rather hidden that T and S are singing the same voice. I hope
> that I do not violate some ancient orthodox music setting tradition.
>
I would suggest making the score for 3 parts and then in the part titles
indicating that the tenor should perform the treble part.
> One "important" problem remains with this sheet: the \caesura is placed in
> the middle between the two breves. But I want it to be just in front of the
> second breve. Any idea?
>
Werner has taken care of that problem by suggesting a replacement of the
"ordinary" \caesura with an adapted version. In my preparation of the
suggestions below I didn't get the \Caesura macro to function right away
but hat to move it front of the preceding note.
Here is my suggestion for a typesetting of the hymn:
Title: Litanei nach dem Hymnus Akathistos
% Composer: m\"undl. \"uberliefert
SAB: Voices V1,V2 V3; Choral; Clefs G F
Style: SAB
Meter: 0/4
Sharps: 1
Name: \ustaff \lstaff
Indent: 0.04
Space: 4
Pages: 1
Systems: 5
Size: 16
%% \font\names = cmr10
%% \def\ustaff{\kern -5mm\names\vbox{\rlap{S/T}\rlap{A}}}
%% \def\lstaff{\kern -5mm\names\vbox{\rlap{B}}}
%% \def\breve#1{\wq{#1}}
%%
\def\Caesura{\off{1.5\noteskip}\loffset{2.0}{\caesura}\off{-1.5\noteskip}}
% % \\leftlyrtrue\
\llyr\lyroffset{-1}\Caesura\ g9 \llyr\ g9 a4 b2 a4 g f2
L: 1. Sei~gegr\"u{\ss}t,~Herr~Jesus, der~Tag~oh-ne A-bend bist du,
L: 2. sei~gegr\"u{\ss}t,~Herr~Jesus, die~Mitte des Welt-alls bist du,
L: 3. sei~gegr\"u{\ss}t,~Herr~Jesus, du~bist~un-ser al-ler-{} Freund,
L: 4. sei~gegr\"u{\ss}t,~Herr~Jesus, der~einer der uns-ri-gen ward,
L: 5. sei~gegr\"u{\ss}t,~Herr~Jesus, du~gibst~unseren~Herz-en Klar-heit
und Licht
b9 b9 c4 d2 c4 b a2
\Caesura\ g9 g9 g4 g2 f4 g d2
...
In stead of globally requesting left alignment of the lyrics I propose
using the idea described in section 2.2 of the mtx documentation. This
allows you to have the stanza numbers placed to the left of the
"ordinary" lyrics.
Regards
--
Christian Mondrup, Computer Programmer
Scandiatransplant, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus
Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Phone: +45 89 49 53 01
