There are a few layout typos in the file but I expect the problem is that you're not running musixflx and just doing a single pass of (pdf)latex. I would anticipate that the samples aren't working because you only copied musixtex.tex and musixtex.sty into your local directory - musixtex consists of a lot of non-optional modules which most non-trivial scores will need. Much better to install musixtex properly in your TeX tree with all its files.
While I don't usually like it as an answer, I think your best bet is to RTFM, I'm afraid :o) http://icking-music-archive.org/software/musixtex/musixdoc.pdf Incidentally, unless you're particularly aiming to make resulting scores beautiful, I'd use a music processor (such as Sibelius) for a task like this - or, at the very least, a pre-processor such as PMX for MusiXTeX as it'll be a lot faster. Much more info about musixtex's related tools on WIMA (with the documentation). HTH, David From: tex-music-boun...@tug.org [mailto:tex-music-boun...@tug.org] On Behalf Of K. Wieland Sent: 07 February 2011 15:35 To: TeX-Music@tug.org Subject: [Tex-music] Beginer question - lines run off the page without manual breaks Hello everyone. I have a beginners question. My background:I have quite a bit of experience with LaTex, though it has been a while. I want to be able to typeset some simple songs for my son who is a beginning piano player. I am using a mac, so I installed a new texshop distribution. I noticed that it already included musixtex. To test the installation I copied the musixtex.tex and style files to a local directory and compiled the musixtex document. It compiled fine. However, when I copied the Avemaria.tex and avemarix.tex example music files and style files to my local directory and tried to compile them, it failed with an error. None of the other samples worked. 1, Why didn't the examples work? Is this a known issue? Not to be discouraged, I continued on and coded my first song. It was rough at first, but I think I got the hang of it in the end. I've attached the code at the end. 2. I don't know how to get the music spaced out right, or why the linebreaks don't happen when they should. If you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you, Kristopher % % This file is a transcription of Latter-day Prophets % by Kristopher Wieland % for introductory piano players % \documentclass[twoside]{report} \usepackage{multicol} \usepackage{musixdoc} \usepackage{backgrnd} \begin{document} \begin{music} \instrumentnumber{1} \Largemusicsize \parindent0mm %\setstaffs11 %\hoffset=-10.4mm %\voffset =10mm %\hsize 170mm %\vsize = 260mm \generalmeter{\meterfrac44} \startpiece %Lat-ter day prophets are \Notes\ibbu0g0\tbbu0\qb0g\qb0e\tbu0\qb0g\ibbu0h0\tbbu0\qb0h\qb0g\tbu0\qb0e\en\bar %Number one \Notes\ds\ibbu0g0\tbbu0\qb0g\tbu0\qb0e\en\NOtesp\pt h\qu h\en\bar %Joseph Smith \NOtes\qu g\en\Notes\cu e\en\NOtesp\pt h\qu h\en\bar %then Brig-ham Young; \Notes\ibbu0e0\tbbu0\qb0e\qb0g\tbu0\qb0e\en\NOtesp\pt h\qu h\en\bar %John Taylor came \NOtesp\pt f\qu f\en\Notes\ibbu0g0\tbbu0\qb0g\qb0f\tbu0\qb0d\en\bar %third we know; Then \NOtes\qu f\en\Notes\cu g\qu h\cu i\en\bar %Wilford Woodruff Lo \Notes\qu j\cu {i}\en \Notes\ibbu0h0\tbbu0\qb0h\qb0g\tbu0\qb0{^f}\en\bar\zalaligne %ren-zo Snow \Notes\qu g\cu e\pt c\qu c\en\bar %OK up to here %Joseph F Smith re \Notes\ibbu0c0\tbbu0\qb0c\qb0f\tbu0\qb0h\qu j\cu j\en\bar %member the F \Notes\ibbu0k0\qb0k\qb0j\tbu0\qb0h\pt j\qu j\en\bar %Heber J Grant and \Notes\ibbu0j0\qb0j\qb0i\tbu0\qb0h\qu g\cu g\en\bar %George Alber Smith \Notes\ibbu0h0\tbbu0\qb0h\qb0g\tbu0\qb0e\pt g\qu g\en\bar %David O Mc \Notes\qu d\cu d\qu k\cu j\en\bar %Kay was followed by \Notes\qu i\cu h\ibbu0g0\tbbu0\qb0g\qb0h\tbu0\qb0i\en\bar %Joseph Field ing \Notes\qu j\cu e\qu i\cu h\en\bar %smith then \Notes\pt g\hu g\cu g\en\bar %Harold B lee spencer \Notes\ibbu0g0\tbbu0\qb0g\qb0e\tbu0\qb0g\ibbu0h0\tbbu0\qb0h\qb0g\tbu0\qb0e\en\bar %W Kimball \Notes\ibbu0g0\tbbu0\qb0g\qb0e\tbu0\qb0g\qu h\cu e\en\bar %Ezra taft benson \Notes\ibbu0f0\tbbu0\qb0f\qb0d\tbu0\qb0f\qu g\cu d\en\bar %Howard W Hunter \Notes\ibbu0f0\qb0 f\qb0 f\qb0d\qb0d\tbu0\qb0f\qu g\cu e\en\bar %Gordon B Hinckley \Notes\ibu0f0\qb0 c\qb0 b\tbu0\qb0c\qu d\cu d\en\bar %Tomas S Monson \Notes\ibu0e0\qb0 e\qb0 e\tbu0\qb0g\qu j\fermataup j\cu j\en\bar %These are the lat-ter day \Notes\ibu0j0\qb0 j\qb0 j\tbu0\qb0 j\ibu0i0\qb0 i\qb0 h\tbu0\qb0 i\en\bar %Prophets \Notes\pt j\cu j\pt j\cu j\en\bar \endpiece \end{music} \end{document} \bye
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