Andre Van Ryckeghem wrote > Am i doing something wrong, i can not use the dat in a 12/8 mesure? > > example (the second music line is ok, the 1st is not): > > ----------------------- > % nv,noinst,mtrnuml,mtrdenl,mtrnump,mtrdenp,xmtrnum0,isig, > 1 1 12 8 12 8 0 0 > % npages,nsyst,musicsize,fracindent > 1 1 20 .07 > > t > ./ > a44d a.a a.a a.a / > a44d a a8 a4 a8 a4 a8 / > -------------------------- >
In your first line, the beats don't add up right. You have 4 dotted quarters and 3 eighths for 15/8 total. If the second line gives the rhythm you want, then the first line could be a44d a,a a,a a,a The "." puts a dot on the first, and makes the 2nd note 1/3 as long as the second (a normal dotted rhythm). The "," just makes the second note 1/2 as long as the first. The advantage of both of these shortcuts is only apparent in repeated patterns; since they keep the basic time value as that of the first note in the pair--a quarter in this case--you don't have to re-enter any time values until the pattern breaks. If for some strange reason you really want your quarter-eighth groups to be printed as dotted quarter + eighth, I can't think of any way to do it short of using in-line TeX to add a dot to each quarter: a44d \pt3\ a,a \pt3\ a,a \pt3\ a,a / --Don Simons _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
