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diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/writingnotes.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/writingnotes.tex index 7bd5c83375..bc8b3cd4d7 100644 --- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/writingnotes.tex +++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/writingnotes.tex @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ macro from the letter. \item[\keyindex{breve}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} :]breve (\hbox to 8pt{\zbreve1\hss}) . \item[\keyindex{longa}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} :]longa (\hbox to8pt{\zlonga1\hss}) . \item[\keyindex{longaa}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} :]longa with automatic stem direction\footnote{Editor's note: Evidently there is no explicit up-stemmed longa} . - \item[\keyindex{zmaxima}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} :]maxima(\hbox to16pt{\zmaxima1\hss}) . + \item[\keyindex{maxima}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} :]maxima (\hbox to16pt{\zmaxima1\hss}) . \item[\keyindex{wq}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} :]arbitrary duration note (\hbox to8pt{\zwq1\hss}) (also used as alternate representation of a \ital{breve}). \item[\keyindex{wqq}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} :]long arbitrary duration note @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Non spacing variants are also provided, namely By appending one or two \verb|p|'s (for ``pointed'') to the name, many of the macros just introduced provide one or two dots after the notehead: -\keyindex{whp}\pitchp, \keyindex{whpp}, +\keyindex{whp}, \keyindex{whpp}, \keyindex{zwp}, \keyindex{zwpp}, \keyindex{hup}, \keyindex{hupp}, \keyindex{hlp}, \keyindex{hlpp}, @@ -226,12 +226,14 @@ macros just introduced provide one or two dots after the notehead: \keyindex{zqp}, \keyindex{zqpp}, \keyindex{cup}, \keyindex{cupp}, \keyindex{clp}, \keyindex{clpp}, -\keyindex{qbp} and \keyindex{qbpp}. -Naturally, the ones that start with ``\verb|z|'' are used in chords. +\keyindex{qbp} and \keyindex{qbpp}, all followed by a pitch argument. +The ones that start with ``\verb|z|'' are used in chords. The dot(s) will be raised if the note is on a line. -A more explicit way uses one of the macros \keyindex{pt}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125}, -\keyindex{ppt}, or \keyindex{pppt} right +A more explicit way uses one of the macros +\keyindex{pt}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125}, +\keyindex{ppt}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125}, or +\keyindex{pppt}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} right before any note macro to place one to three dots after the normal note head at pitch $p$. Again they will be raised if on a line. In fact this is the only way to get a triple-dotted note. @@ -239,6 +241,10 @@ For example a quarter note with one dot could be coded \verb|\pt h\qu h|, with two dots as \keyindex{ppt}\verb| h\qu h| and with three as \keyindex{pppt}\verb| h\qu h|. +As a matter of style, if two voices share one staff, the dots in +the lower voice should be \emph{lowered} if the note is on a line. For +this you can use \keyindex{lpt}, +\keyindex{lppt} and \keyindex{lpppt}. Yet another method for posting a dot is to insert a \ital{period} before the letter representing the pitch. Thus \verb|\qu{.a}| is equivalent to @@ -248,14 +254,17 @@ section. Non-spacing dotted notes can be produced using \keyindex{zhup}, \keyindex{zhlp}, \keyindex{zqup}, \keyindex{zqlp}, -\keyindex{zcup}, \keyindex{zclp}, \keyindex{zqbp}, +\keyindex{zcup}, \keyindex{zclp}, \keyindex{zqbp}, followed by a pitch, +and similarly with two \verb|p|'s for +double-dotted notes. +The following provide dotted chord notes shifted left or right: +\keyindex{lhp}, +\keyindex{rhp}, +\keyindex{lqp}, +\keyindex{rqp}, and similarly with two \verb|p|'s for double-dotted notes. -As a matter of style, if two voices share one staff, the dots in -the lower voice should be lowered if the note is on a line. For -this you can use \keyindex{lpt}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125} and -\keyindex{lppt}{\tt\char123}$p${\tt\char125}. \section{Sequences of equally spaced notes; collective coding} \label{CollectiveCoding} |