Dieter, thanks for posting the source file. I found that it doesn't seem
practical to have 3 systems per page unless you reduce the music size to 16.
Then with the following tweaks (thanks, Andre!) it appears to fit:
\\setinterinstrument1{7\Interligne}\
\\setinterinstrument3{7\Interligne}\
\\setsongraise2{1\Interligne}\
\\setsongraise4{1\Interligne}\
But because it still looks a bit crowded, you may want to reconsider keeping
3 systems per page. My rule of thumb is normally no more than 15 staves per
page. If you count each pair of lyrics lines as an extra staff, then you
have 18 staves, too many for size 20.
While we're on the subject of vertical spacing, I recently typeset a
wonderful Passacaglia by Georg Muffat:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Passacaglia_in_G_minor_(Muffat,_Georg)
I made two versions, one size 20 with 7 letter-size pages, and one size 16
on 3 legal size (8.5-by-14 in) sheets, with 10 2-staff systems per page.
With the second one you can set the 3 pages side-by-side and play it with no
page turns.
--Don Simons
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TeX-Music [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dieter
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 1:22 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Tex-music] Fine tuning of staff distance in PMX
>
> Thanks toall for their proposals. I am using plain PMX with the "Ae"
Option.
>
> I will do some experimentation along your lines.
>
> I also tried to make two instruments instead of four (essentially two
> pianos) .
> But then the verses always appeared below the bass line.
>
> Regards DIeter
>
>
>
> Am 09.02.2015 um 06:09 schrieb Don Simons:
> > Andre and Dirk's suggestions will probably work. But before I
> > installed the Ae option in PMX, whenever I tried these sorts of
> > adjustments I would very often have problems with systems spilling
> > over onto an extra page. I wanted Dieter to send me his source, first
> > to confirm my suspicion that he had in fact not used M-Tx, and second,
> > to demonstrate how to use Ae and then make the kinds of adjustments he
> > wants by using \spread. Ae has the advantage that no matter what you
> > do to vertical spacing within a page, page breaks will always be where
> > you want them, and no systems will ever spill over onto an extra page.
> >
> > --Don Simons
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: TeX-Music [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Andre
> >> Van Ryckeghem
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 8:30 PM
> >> To: Werner Icking Music Archive
> >> Subject: Re: [Tex-music] Fine tuning of staff distance in PMX
> >>
> >> I suppose you use 4 instruments
> >>
> >> You may change the space between the staffs by using ie.
> >> AI.8
> >>
> >> Then the space above instrument 1 and 3 must be larger:
> >> \\setinterinstrument1{5\Interligne}\
> >> \\setinterinstrument3{5\Interligne}\
> >> You may try to make space above intrument 2 smaller(negatieve number
> >> is
> >> possible):
> >> \\setinterinstrument2{0\Interligne}\
> >>
> >> Propably you need to change the place of the lyrics (the number can
> >> be negative either)ie.
> >> \setsongraise2{1\Interligne}\
> >>
> >> Perhaps you also may use
> >> \\songtop4\songbottom1\
> >> or
> >> \\songtop4\songbottom3\songtop2\songbottom1\
> >>
> >> Preserving the page layout:
> >> Above the start of the music:
> >> \\vskip-2\Interligne\%less space between componist and first staff
> >>
> >> or/and use staff size 16
> >>
> >> or/and make the page higher:
> >> w270m
> >>
> >> Andre
> >>
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >> From: Dieter
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 7:05 PM
> >> To: Werner Icking Music Archive
> >> Subject: [Tex-music] Fine tuning of staff distance in PMX
> >>
> >> Hi PMXperts,
> >>
> >> if you have time, please have a look at the attachment, which I
> >> produced with PMX and MusixLyr.
> >> It doesnot look too bad, but I would like to put a bit more space
> >> between staves for the verses and less space, when there are no
> >> verses, and hopefully preserve the two-page layout.
> >>
> >> Thanks and regards,
> >> Dieter
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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