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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{semantic-markup}
\usepackage{musicography}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\frenchspacing
\newenvironment{codetable}
{\begin{quote}\begin{tabular}{lll}}
{\end{tabular}\end{quote}}
\usepackage[
pdftitle={The musicography Package: Symbols for Music Writing with
pdflatex},
pdfauthor={Andrew A. Cashner},
pdfsubject={LaTeX package}, pdfkeywords={LaTeX, symbols, music, musicology, humanities}
]{hyperref}
\title{The \code{musicography} Package: Symbols for Music Writing with
\code{pdflatex}}
\author{Andrew A. Cashner\thanks{%
\href{mailto:andrewacashner@gmail.com}
{\nolinkurl{andrewacashner@gmail.com}}%
}%
}
\date{May 21, 2018}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
Font packages for \code{pdflatex} only provided a limited range of musical
symbols.
The \code{lilyglyphs} package uses Lilypond's fonts, but requires
\code{lualatex}.
This package makes available the most commonly used symbols in writing about
music in a way that can be used with \code{pdflatex} and looks consistent and
attractive.
It includes accidentals, meters, and notes of different rhythmic values.
This package builds on the approach used in the \code{harmony} package, where
the symbols are taken from the MusiXTeX fonts.
But it provides a larger range of symbols and a more flexible, user-friendly
interface written using \code{xparse}.
\tableofcontents
\section{Package Options}
To use the package, write \verb|\usepackage{musicography}| in your preamble.
If you are also using this author's \code{semantic-markup} package,
\code{musicography} will automatically redefine the commands for accidentals in
the other package.
The \code{bigger} option provides larger font sizes that match better with
certain fonts.
The \verb|\musNumFont| command allows you to change the font of the numerals
used.
For example, if using the \code{ebgaramond} font package, it looks better if you
do this:
\begin{quote}
\verb|\renewcommand{\musNumFont}[1]{\liningnums{#1}}|.
\end{quote}
\section{Symbols and Commands}
\subsection{Accidentals}
\begin{codetable}
Flat & \verb|\musFlat| or \verb|\fl| & \musFlat\\
Sharp & \verb|\musSharp| or \verb|\sh| & \musSharp\\
Natural & \verb|\musNatural| or \verb|\na| & \musNatural\\
Double Flat & \verb|\musDoubleFlat| & \musDoubleFlat\\
Double Sharp & \verb|\musDoubleSharp| & \musDoubleSharp\\
\end{codetable}
\subsection{Notes of Different Rhythmic Values}
Commands are available using modern (United States) note names; in several cases
there are also aliases for older note names.
\begin{codetable}
Whole note (semibreve) & \verb|\musWhole| or \verb|\musSemibreve| &
\musWhole\\
Half note (minim) & \verb|\musHalf| or \verb|\musMinim| & \musHalf\\
Quarter note (semiminim) & \verb|\musQuarter| or \verb|\musSeminimin| &
\musQuarter\\
Eighth note (corchea) & \verb|\musEighth| or \verb|\musCorchea| &
\musEighth\\
Sixteenth note & \verb|\musSixteenth| & \musSixteenth\\
\end{codetable}
A dot may be added to any of the above by adding \code{Dotted} to the end of the
command. For example:
\begin{codetable}
Dotted whole note & \verb|\musWholeDotted| & \musWholeDotted\\
Dotted quarter note & \verb|\musQuarterDotted| & \musQuarterDotted\\
\end{codetable}
\subsection{Meter Signatures}
\begin{codetable}
Common duple & \verb|\meterC| & \meterC\\
\term{Alla breve} & \verb|\meterCutC| & \meterCutC\\
Ternary (16th--18th cent.) & \verb|\meterCThree| & \meterCThree\\
Ternary with $3:2$ proportion & \verb|\meterCThreeTwo| &
\meterCThreeTwo\\
Spanish 17th-cent. ternary & \verb|\meterCZ| & \meterCZ\\
\end{codetable}
For other time signatures, use \verb|\musMeter{}{}|.
The command \verb|\musFigures| is an alias for \verb|\musMeter| that can be used
for notating figured bass.
Both commands take two arguments and stack the arguments vertically.
\subsection{Customization}
It would be a simple matter of using \verb|\newcommand| or \verb|\let| to create
aliases for these commands, say, for British usage (such as \verb|\quaver|).
\LaTeX{} programmers may wish to use the package's internal commands directly to
access more symbols from the fonts or fine-tune their appearance.
See \verb|\musSymbol| and \verb|\musAccidental| in the code listing below.
\section{Changes}
\begin{tabular}{r p{0.75\textwidth}}
2018/05/21 & Override semantic-markup's \verb|\fl|, \verb|\sh|, \verb|\na|
commands if it is loaded \\
2017/10/31 & Corrected glyph used for \verb|\musHalf| and documented
\verb|\musMeter| and \verb|\musFigures|\\
2017/08/29 & First version on CTAN\\
2017/04/12 & Created\\
\end{tabular}
\section{Code}
\VerbatimInput{musicography.sty}
\end{document}
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