Hi,
"Simons, Don" wrote:
>
> Can't say much about hairpins except that I looked into implementing them at
> one time and got completely stuck due to some limitations of MusiXTeX
> itself. I can't recall the exact details but I think it was impossible to
> specify the symbol terms of its starting and ending positions; instead it
> would have been necessary to calculate the length of each hairpin and enter
> it at the start of the symbol and I found the "look-ahead" requirement led
> to horrible programming difficulties.
Over the next few days I'll do some tests comparing my \\defs for hairpins and
what they produce in the .tex file and compare with doing hairpins in MusixTeX
based on \zcharnote. When I did that before I discovered the joys of PMX I don't
remember anything odd happening to the haipin placement.
>
> I will mention, however, that there are some undocumented simple dynamic
> marks in PMX. The command is "D" followed by one of the following:
> "pppp","ppp","pp","p","mp","mf","f","fp","sf","ff","fff","ffff",
> followed by optional signed vertical (integer) and horizontal (decimal)
> shifts. Use at your own risk, and your mileage may vary.
I'm quite happy with my \\defs for simple dynamics they work well and allow
some adjustment of verticality.
>
> I could possibly be influenced to add up to three other combinations of up
> to four letters each. I don't want to try dealing with hairpins until and
> if it becomes possible to specify one in each line of music, indexed to its
> starting and ending notes (like is now possible with slurs and beams).
It seems to me that the MusixTeX \icr some notes \zcharnote x{\tcresc} in effect
does
link to starting and ending notes. I just can't fathom why I can't make it work
from PMX.
-
--
Best wishes,
Howard.
(A.H.Gilbert, Thornaby, North Yorkshire)
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HowardGilbert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 2:45 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: PMX - \zcharnote
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > To write dynamics in PMX I use the following MusiXTeX defs based on
> > \zcharnote:
> >
> > \\def\Dpp#1{\zcharnote #1{\pp}}\
> > \\def\Dp#1{\zcharnote #1{\p}}\
> > \\def\Dmp#1{\zcharnote #1{\mp}}\
> > \\def\Dmf#1{\zcharnote #1{\mf}}\
> > \\def\Df#1{\zcharnote #1{\f}}\
> > \\def\Dff#1{\zcharnote #1{\ff}}\
> > \\def\Dpp#1{\zcharnote #1{\pp}}\
> > \\def\Dicr{\icresc}\
> > \\def\Dtcr#1{\zcharnote #1{\tcresc}}\
> > \\def\Dtdecr#1{\zcharnote #1{\tdecresc}}\
> > \\def\Dtxt#1#2{\zcharnote #1{\it{#2}}}\
> >
> > My skill in MusiXTeX is not great but from reading the manual I would
> > expect
> > that, using for argument #1, "J to a" for treble(G) clef voices and "A to
> > C"
> > for bass(F) clef voices would put the dynamics at the correct vertical
> > level
> > in a multipart score.
> >
> > I find this works fine for simple dynamics "pp - ff" but gives problems
> > with
> > hairpins. When I write (for a treble clef voice) something like:-
> >
> > "\Dicr\ some notes \Dtcr M\ more notes /" or
> > "\Dicr\ some notes \Dtdecr M\ more notes /"
> >
> > the hairpin does not always go where I'd expect.
> >
> > Sometimes I think the hairpin position is being set taking the argument #1
> >
> > as relative to the notes in the current bar but I'm not convinced of this.
> >
> > Please, what am I doing wrong?
> >
> > --
> > Best wishes,
> > Howard.
> > (A.H.Gilbert, Thornaby, North Yorkshire)
