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:tex-music-boun...@tug.org] 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\
\\def\opennotes{\
\\let\qsymt\q@symbol\let\dsoupt\ds@oup\let\qst\qs\
\\let\q@symbol\h@symbol\
\\let\qs\ds@oup\
\\let\ds@oup\qp\
%
\\let\zqut\zqu\let\hlt\hl\let\hut\hu\let\hat\ha\let\hlpt\hlp\let\hupt\hup\
\\let\zhpt\zhp\let\zhlt\zhl\let\zhut\zhu\let\zht\zh\let\qpt\qp\
\\let\zqu\zhu\
\\let\hl\wh\let\hu\wh\
\\let\hlp\whp\let\hup\whp\let\zhp\zwp\
\\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}\
%
\\def\closednotes{\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\
\\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}\
\\makeatother\
% Usage:
\\\opennotes\ to switch to white note
\\\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
>
>
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