I guess the option Ad is not the solution, since it *always* lowers line-dots in the lower of two voices. In fact, according to my reading of the rule, "Ad" is always wrong on dotted line-notes in the lower voice, unless there happens to be a dotted note right above it. Oh well, someone asked for it. So I'll add this to the list, but don't hold your breath. Meanwhile you can use the PMX dot-moving facilities to put the dot wherever you want.
--Don Simons > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Christian Mondrup > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 10:19 AM > To: Typesetting music with TeX > Subject: Re: [TeX-music] pmx chords in xtuplet with F, dotted xtuplex > > > David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > > On Wednesday 20 October 2004 06:47 am, Christian Mondrup wrote: > > > >> To my best knowledge all notes belonging to a chord with a dotted > >> note value must be dotted. My favourite music notation reference, > >> Gardner Read, Music Notation confirms that along with detailed > >> rules on where to place dots in case of small chord intervals. The > >> notation of the dotted quarter-note in your example line 1 bar 1 > >> does not adhere to the noation standard described by Gardner Read. > > > > Look out! My copy is old enough to be wrong in this regard. That is > > why Gardner Read is very low on my list. If you have a recent > > revised copy it should be ok. > > > > If there are 2+ voices on one staff, line notes on a downward stem > > should have the dots in the spaces below. daveA > > Quoting Gardner Read, Music Notation, 2nd ed, Boston 1969: > > The dot ... is always placed in the center of a _space_, regardless of > whether the note is on a line or in a space. ... The general rule > governing dotted notes placed on lines is that the dot is placed in the > _space above_ rather than below ... An important exception to to this > rule occurs when the interval of a second places one note-head on a line > and one in a space. If the lower of the two notes is on a line, its > dot(s) must go in the space _beneath_ it, rather than above ... The > inflexible rule is: Never put two independent augmentation dots in the > same staff space > > ... In addition, when two dotted notes that are somewhat adjacenton the > staff require separate stems, the lower note being on a line, its dot(s) > must also be placed in the space below. > > However, M-Tx/PMX/musixtex does not adhere to the latter rule! Bar 1 in > the M-Tx code below illustrates that. Its processing result is the > example in Gardner's book on wrong dot placement of the lower voice > note. The processing result of bar 2, in which I've forced the dot down, > is Gardner's example of correct dot placement of the lower voice note! > > MySolo: Voices V1,V2; Clefs G > Style: MySolo > Meter: 3/4 > Bars/Line: 1 > > %% \nobarnumbers > > %% w100 > b4.a c | > g2d | > > b4.a c > \pt0\ g2 rb4 > > -- > Christian Mondrup, Sheet Note Editor > Werner Icking Music Archive > http://icking-music-archive.org/ > _______________________________________________ > TeX-music mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music > _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
