[TeX-music] Up-front meter change not allowed in PMX?
I'm writing a piece in 4/4, so complicated that I asked for my first M-Tx PMX tex compile before completing the first bar. PMX complained. Reason: if the last bar of a piece is incomplete, M-Tx issues a blind meter change to make it look complete. But now the last bar is also the first bar. Boiling down the problem to a near-minimal input file, I came up with the following PMX input file: === % === --- --- 1 -1 1 4 4 0 6 0.0 0 1 1 20 0 0 ./ m3/8/0/0 da84d da1- da8 / === % === which produces === % === This is PMX, Version 2.504, 02 Nov 04 Opening bug.pmx Starting first PMX pass ERROR in line 8, bar 2 Pickup bar length disagrees with mtrnum0 v da84d da1- da8 / ^ === % === I make the deduction that a meter change at the start of the first bar is not allowed. It has been noted before on this list that a clef change at the start of the first bar is ignored. Both of these represent undocumented behaviour. A logical argument can be made out that a meter change at this point is preposterous, but there are situations in which a clef change is logical. As the author of a brief PMX tutorial, soon to be revised, I am in a quandary whether to document this behaviour. Dirk ___ TeX-music mailing list TeX-music@icking-music-archive.org http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
[TeX-music] PMX default duration
The PMX manual states: Duration is never inherited and must be set at the start of each input block. A little experimentation with omitting to set duration reveals: 1. At the start of the piece, duration is 0 (i.e. whole notes). 2. Duration is inherited from the preceding voice. Dirk ___ TeX-music mailing list TeX-music@icking-music-archive.org http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
RE: [TeX-music] PMX default duration
I propose leaving the code behavior the same, and rewording that statement to the effect that any initial default or block-to-block inherited duration is accidental. At this time I'm not inclined either to trap these violations or to make the behavior official. --Don Simons -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dirk Laurie Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 10:53 PM To: List for MusicTeX etc Subject: [TeX-music] PMX default duration The PMX manual states: Duration is never inherited and must be set at the start of each input block. A little experimentation with omitting to set duration reveals: 1. At the start of the piece, duration is 0 (i.e. whole notes). 2. Duration is inherited from the preceding voice. Dirk ___ TeX-music mailing list TeX-music@icking-music-archive.org http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music ___ TeX-music mailing list TeX-music@icking-music-archive.org http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
