Happy holidays to all, and especially those who supported the software
archive.
Hermann Hinsch wrote
> I want to typeset harpsichord music of french composers.
Let me know when you're done, I want a copy :-)
> Unfortunately they
> use special ornaments which I cannot find in the documentation of pmx and
> musixtex.
> List of missing ornaments:
> Pince: as right parenthesis, followed by a period if the note is
> a dotted one.
> Port de voix: as left parenthesis. Both are not adequately given
> by \lpar or
> \rpar because the distance to the note is too small.
These are both in PMX (RTFM), including moving the dot when necessary. The
syntax is the most obvious possible. In fact I spent some time tweaking the
spacing; let me know if it doesn't suit you.
> Suspension: a half circle with a small circle on top.
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1 1 4 4 4 4 0 0
1 1 20 0
t
./
Ap
\\font\circw=circlew1\
\\def\asp#1{\zcharnote{#1}{\raise3\internote\
\\hbox{\kern-1.5pt\circw\char7\
\\raise2pt\lrlap{\kern-3.9pt\char98}\char4}}}\
\asp{10}\
g04 /
===============================================
Note: in some TeX systems the font circlew1 is named lcirclew10
> Arpeggio: an oblique line upwards or downwards through the stem.
The (undocumented) macros for this are buried in pmx.tex. Use them as
in-line TeX. Here's the description:
\aslash#1#2#3
#1 = note level (numerical) relative to bottom line.
#2 = 0/1 for down/up stem
#3 = 0/1 for down/up slash
> \arpeggio with a hook on top or bottom to indicate the playing direction.
You're on your own here. I don't even know if there's a font character for
this. If there is, you might use it directly in-line, or dynamically
redefine the PMX arpeggio.
> Coule: as left parenthesis which spans over the whole chord.
The only examples I recall of this were no taller than the left-paren on a
sigle note. But you're still pretty much on your own here, because if you
shift the left-paren-ornament o( up or down, it may not be far enough to the
left. Use \zcharnote, or dynamically redefine the ornament.
--Don Simons
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