Oops, accidentally hit the send button before I was ready. Please let me
finish.
Thanks to Diane for taking a crack at this one. Everything she said is
right. Since the need for an alternate line of figures arises so rarely,
using the existing facilities with inline TeX is what I would recommend.
Please let me add a few more remarks.
1. The vertical position represented by the first parameter of \Figu is the
distance down from a reference level. The reference level is set by
\figdrop. PMX computes a new value of \figdrop for each system with
figures, based on the lowest object in the whole system that could
interfere with the figures. PMX then puts the top figure in every system
at \Figu{0}{...}. This makes the tops of all the figures in each system
line up. I'm explaining this because if you use \Figu manually, it will
use whatever value of \figdrop is currently in effect. If you want to
manually emplace figures in a staff other than the bottom one, there are
two situations to consider: (1) If there are also PMX-emplaced figures
in the bottom system, I suggest leaving \figdrop alone and adjusting the
first \Figu parameter accordingly. (2) If there are no figures in the
bottom staff, then you could set your own value of \figdrop (use
\figdrop=number, not \def\figdrop{number}), probably best done right before
the first figure in the system.
2. If the figure itself is an accidental, as Diane said, use \flatfig,
\sharpfig, or \natfig as the second argument of \Figu. On the other hand, if
you want a figure like flat 6, use for example \Figu{-1}{\fsmsh}\Figu06
(or \fsmfl or \fsmna). For either of these kinds of accidentals, the first
\Figu parameter must be one less than the basic level of the figures.
3. The basic level of the second tier down is 4, then 8, etc.
4. The only time PMX messes with the horizontal alignment is when a figure
comes offset in time from any bass note. To do this, use e.g.
\off{.5\noteskip}\Figu03\off{-.5\noteskip} . You might also be able to use
\hoffset, but there must have been some good reason I can't remember why I
didn't use that in PMX.
5. The continuation figure (horizontal line of arbitrary length) has a
separate macro \Cont{vertical offset}{length}. Vertical offset works the
same as for \Figu.
--Don Simons
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:tex-music-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane Blaurock
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:10 PM
To: 'Werner Icking Music Archive'
Subject: Re: [TeX-Music] M-TX, figured bass
Hi Hermann,
I came up against the same problem setting a Lully piece where in the
chaconne the bottom two voices dropped out and the figured bass
wandered
up
to taille. In my desperation I looked at the TeX file produced by PMX
and
found the macro \Figu which precedes the note it belongs to. I
haven't
been able to find any documentation about it, but it seems to be
followed by
two parameters in curly brackets - the first is the vertical offset and
the
second is the number to be printed. So, for example:
\Figu{0}{6}\ \Figu{4}{5}\ c8 prints the note c with a bass figure
of 6
over 5.
\Figu{-1}{\sharpfig}\ d8 prints the note d with a sharp.
There are also commands for a horizontal offset if the numbers don't
line up
exactly under a particular note, but I am too TeX-illiterate to figure
out
how to use them. Maybe one of our wizards can help. I'd be very
interested
in a solution myself.
Hope this helps, at least a little.
Diane
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Hermann
Hinsch
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 16:14
An: tex-music@icking-music-archive.org
Betreff: [TeX-Music] M-TX, figured bass
Dear all,
I have a score with 5 staves, the first two are for violins, the second
for
a
lute, the next for a solo and the last for b.c. with figured bass.
Although
I
know that PMX allows figured bass for the lowest stave only, I would
like to
have figured bass for the lute too. Do you know any possibility?
Hermann
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