Thank you very much, Dirk and Andre for your help! I have been able to
achieve what we needed.
Best regards
Woj
2011/12/10 Andre Van Ryckeghem <a...@telenet.be>
> perhaps you also may use
> \mtxZchar{10}{\vbox{\hbox{D}\**hbox{0}}
>
> or make a command, ie.
> \fingeri#1{ \mtxZchar{10}{\vbox{\hbox{~}\**hbox{#1}}}
> and
> \fingerii#1#2{ \mtxZchar{10}{\vbox{\hbox{#1}\**hbox{#2}}}
>
> example of use:
> \fingeri5 and \fingerii{D}5
>
> Andre
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Dirk Laurie
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 5:59 AM
> To: Werner Icking Music Archive
> Subject: Re: [Tex-music] M-Tx - two lines of text above
>
>
> 2011/12/10 Wojtek Chemijewski <wojtek.chemijew...@gmail.com>**:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to use M-Tx to typeset a couple of songs for someone who
>> recently started learning to play the violin, using the same notation as
>> her
>> teacher does - placing numbers of fingers of the left hand above notes,
>> and
>> string "names" above these numbers, so the idea is for that to look along
>> the following lines:
>>
>> U: D ~ ~ ~ ~ А ~ ~ ~ ~ D ...
>> U: 0 1 2 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 ...
>> d4 e8 f | g4 g | a8 c b a | a g | ...
>> L: Lyrics ....
>>
>> However, two lines of text above do not seem to be supported. Is there an
>> easy way to achieve what I need?
>>
>>
> The easiest is to use superscripts for the strings. Not quite what you
> want,
> but maybe your violinist can accept it.
>
> U: $0^D$ 1 2 3 3 $0^A$ 2 1 0 0 $3^D$
>
> Beyond that, TeX wizardry is necessary. The first uptext word translates
> to \mtxZchar{10}{$0^D$}. You can redefine \mtxZchar. Trivial example:
> put a paragraph containing only this:
>
> %% \let\keepZchar\mtxZchar\def\**mtxZchar#1#2{\keepZchar{#1}{$#**2$}}
>
> between the preamble and the music. That allows you to type
>
> U: 0^D 1 2 3 3 0^A 2 1 0 0 3^D
>
> This modification math-izes all uptext. Not undesirable, for the other
> digits will be in the same font. It will clash with other usage though.
> But I mean it only as an example of how to set about it.
>
> Dirk
>
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