Thanks, Hermann! But full disclosure: These macros came directly from Werner Icking.
I used them when making my edition of the complete works of Bernardo Storace: http://www.pchpublish.com/gif/bspasap6.gif --Don Simons From: TeX-Music [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hermann Hinsch Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 5:42 AM To: Werner Icking Music Archive Subject: Re: [Tex-music] Some questions about MusiXTeX typography Am Dienstag, 6. August 2013, 17:27:02 schrieb Christoph Prendl: > Dear MusiXTeX community! > > I'm using MusiXTeX together with LaTeX for my doctoral thesis in musicology > for about a year now and consider it the absolute best tool available for > doing transcriptions of 17th century treatises with a lot of examples in > staff notation. > > While working with MusiXTeX, a few questions arose I couldn't answer with > the documentation. I thought I collect them to present them to all of you, > maybe someone has an idea how to solve them. I would be very grateful for > any comments or help. > > 1. How is it possible to write white notation (as commonly used for example > in french baroque music), where all note heads are white? If there would be > a possibility to write notes with invisible note heads (maybe in a similar > way as the note heads in musixper), one could combine them with the > non-spacing white note heads (\znh). > Some years ago I learned from Don Simons how to use white notes in a M-Tx-source \\makeatletter\ <file:///\\makeatletter\> \\def\opennotes{\ <file:///\\def\opennotes%7b\> \\let\qsymt\q@symbol\let\dsoupt\ds@oup\let\qst\qs\ <file:///\\let\qsymt\q@symbol\let\dsoupt\ds@oup\let\qst\qs\> \\let\q@symbol\h@symbol\ <file:///\\let\q@symbol\h@symbol\> \\let\qs\ds@oup\ <file:///\\let\qs\ds@oup\> \\let\ds@oup\qp\ <file:///\\let\ds@oup\qp\> % \\let\zqut\zqu\let\hlt\hl\let\hut\hu\let\hat\ha\let\hlpt\hlp\let\hupt\hup\ <file:///\\let\zqut\zqu\let\hlt\hl\let\hut\hu\let\hat\ha\let\hlpt\hlp\let\hu pt\hup\> \\let\zhpt\zhp\let\zhlt\zhl\let\zhut\zhu\let\zht\zh\let\qpt\qp\ <file:///\\let\zhpt\zhp\let\zhlt\zhl\let\zhut\zhu\let\zht\zh\let\qpt\qp\> \\let\zqu\zhu\ <file:///\\let\zqu\zhu\> \\let\hl\wh\let\hu\wh\ <file:///\\let\hl\wh\let\hu\wh\> \\let\hlp\whp\let\hup\whp\let\zhp\zwp\ <file:///\\let\hlp\whp\let\hup\whp\let\zhp\zwp\> \\let\zhl\zwh\let\zhu\zwh\let\zh\zwh\ <file:///\\let\zhl\zwh\let\zhu\zwh\let\zh\zwh\> \\let\qp\hpause\let\hpauset\hpause\let\hpause\pause\let\pauset\pause\let\pau se\PAuse}\ <file:///\\let\qp\hpause\let\hpauset\hpause\let\hpause\pause\let\pauset\paus e\let\pause\PAuse%7d\> % \\def\closednotes{\let\q@symbol\qsymt\let\ds@oup\dsoupt\ <file:///\\def\closednotes%7b\let\q@symbol\qsymt\let\ds@oup\dsoupt\> \\let\zqu\zqut\let\hl\hlt\let\hu\hut\let\ha\hat\let\hlp\hlpt\let\hup\hupt\ <file:///\\let\zqu\zqut\let\hl\hlt\let\hu\hut\let\ha\hat\let\hlp\hlpt\let\hu p\hupt\> \\let\zhp\zhpt\let\zhl\zhlt\let\zhu\zhut\let\zh\zht\let\qp\qpt\let\qs\qst\le t\hpause\hpauset\let\pause\pauset}\ <file:///\\let\zhp\zhpt\let\zhl\zhlt\let\zhu\zhut\let\zh\zht\let\qp\qpt\let\ qs\qst\let\hpause\hpauset\let\pause\pauset%7d\> \\makeatother\ <file:///\\makeatother\> % Usage: \\\opennotes\ <file:///\\\opennotes\> to switch to white note \\\closednotes\ <file:///\\\closednotes\> to switch back to black notes You have to enter the notes with half the value you to see printed Hermann Hinsch > 2. Is there anyone who feels the need for having a black whole note head > instead of the slightly smaller quarter note head (\nq) to write e.g. > modern notation gregorian chant or music theory analysis? > > 3. Is it possible to have a maxima with a stem up? > > 4. Why is the breve not included in the Shifted non-spacing note heads? > It could be very useful when writing ligatures in 17th and 18th century > gregorian chant. The result can be obtained with the offset-commands, but > it takes more time and effort. I'm aware there could be a problem with the > distances, since the breve note head is wider than others. > > I'm looking forward to your response, thanks! > best wishes, > Christoph > > > ------------------------------- > [email protected] mailing list > If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
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