This is a very gray area, even moreso than the previous post implies. In the
Baroque period, accidentals generally applied only to the note where they
appeared, and to any immediately following repeated notes even past a bar
line, but NOT to repeated notes in the same bar if other pitches
Clarification:
>|The most important point about this new version is that
>|it REQUIRES MusiXTeX 1.21 along with the new pmx.tex;
>|results will be unreliable otherwise.
There is no complete MusiXTeX 1.21 release yet. But there is
a beta of musixtex.tex 1.21 here:
I've just put together a new version of PMX that accommodates the recent
changes in MusiXTeX. My zip file is available at
http://icking-music-archive.org/software/pmx/pmx271.zip
This focuses on Windows systems, containing only Windows executables, and
guidance for manual upgrading within
I have encountered some disagreement on the scope of
accidentals. This is how I have it:
An accidental applies only to the line or interstice on which
it appears, and is implied for following notes in the same
measure, or for the first note of the next measure if tied,
unless
On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, Dirk Laurie wrote:
1. The accidental also applies to notes on the same stave
that are an octave away.
This was true in the old days. In more modern music the composers want
more often a note with an accidental at one octave and without accidendal
at another octave.
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