\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}What is MusiXT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m {} ?}{5} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.1}MusiXT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m \ principal features}{5} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.1}Music typesetting is two-dimensional}{5} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.2}The spacing of the notes}{6} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.3}Music tokens, rather than a ready-made generator}{7} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.4}Beams}{8} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.5}Setting anything on the score}{8} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.2}A simple example}{8} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.3}The three pass system}{9} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3.1}External executable {\tt musixflx}}{11} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3.2}Restrictions and warnings}{12} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3.3}MusiXT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m 's laws}{13} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.4}Some highlights}{13} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.4.1}Signatures}{13} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.4.2}Transposition}{13} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.4.3}Selecting special instrument scores}{13} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.4.4}Variable staff and note sizes}{14} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.5}How to get it}{14} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.6}Enhancements}{15} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.1}Recent easy enhancements}{15} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.2}Enhancement limitations}{15} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.7}Acknowledgements}{15} \contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Practical use}{16} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.1}Heading statements}{16} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.2}Before you begin to write notes}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.1}Warnings for the non T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m pert}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.2}What you have to specify}{17} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.3}Instrument names}{19} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.4}Polyphonic songs}{19} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.2.4.1}Case of only one choir}{19} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.2.4.2}Case of several choirs or several orchestras}{19} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.3}Starting your masterpiece}{20} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3.1}Typing the first system}{20} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3.2}Easy selecting note spacing}{20} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.4}Note pitch specification}{22} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.5}Writing notes}{22} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.1}Single spacing notes}{22} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.2}Non-spacing (chord) notes}{23} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.3}Shifted non-spacing (chord) heads}{23} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.4}Single non-spacing notes}{23} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.5}Single (spacing) stemless notes}{24} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.6}Pointed notes}{24} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.6}Beams}{25} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6.1}Fixed slope beams}{25} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.6.1.1}Beam initiation}{25} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.6.1.2}Beam termination}{25} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.6.1.3}Beams of increasing multiplicity}{26} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.6.1.4}Beams of decreasing multiplicity}{26} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6.2}Repeated pattern beams}{27} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6.3}Beams across bars}{28} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6.4}Semi-automatic beams}{29} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.7}Rests}{30} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.7.1}Ordinary rests}{30} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.7.2}Lifted rests}{30} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.7.3}Bar centered rests}{31} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.8}Phantom notes and spacing commands}{31} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.9}Collective coding: sequences of notes}{33} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.10}Accidentals}{33} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.11}Transposition and octaviation}{34} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.11.1}Typical piano octave transposition}{34} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.11.1.1}Local octave transposition of fixed length}{34} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.11.1.2}Long or variable range octave transposition}{35} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.11.2}Transposition of accidentals}{36} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.12}Slurs and ties}{36} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12.1}General slur coding}{37} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.1.1}Slur initiation}{37} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.1.2}Slur termination}{38} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.1.3}Ties}{38} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.1.4}Short ties}{38} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12.2}*Modifying slur properties}{39} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.2.1}*Changing the rise or fall}{39} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.2.2}*Changing the curvature}{40} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.2.3}*Breaking slurs across a line}{40} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.2.4}*Inverting slur termination}{41} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12.3}Simple slurs}{41} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12.4}Restrictions}{42} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.13}Bars}{42} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.13.1}Bars and spacing}{42} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.13.2}Bar numbering}{42} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.13.3}Full and instrument divided bars}{44} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.14}Managing the layout of your score}{44} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.14.1}Line and page breaking}{44} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.14.2}How to manage individual page layout}{44} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.14.3}How to adjust the global line and page layout}{45} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.15}Changing score attributes}{45} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.16}Repeats}{47} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.16.1}Specific first and second pass scoring}{48} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.16.2}Large scope repeats and orientation marks}{48} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.16.3}Repeating the last bar}{49} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.17}Miscellaneous}{49} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.1}Putting anything anywhere}{49} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.2}Fonts}{50} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.17.2.1}Examples}{51} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.3}Metronomic indications}{51} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.4}Accents}{51} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.5}*Indication of {\sl x\/}-tuplets}{52} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.6}*Usual ornaments}{53} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.17.6.1}Arpeggios}{53} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.17.6.2}Trills}{53} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.17.6.3}Piano pedal commands}{54} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.17.6.4}Other ornaments}{54} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.7}Dynamic signs}{55} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.8}Length of note stems}{56} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.9}*Brackets and parentheses}{56} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.10}New line synchronization of coding}{57} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.18}Small and tiny notes}{58} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.18.1}Cadenzas and explicit ornaments}{58} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.18.2}Grace notes}{59} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.18.3}Other note shapes}{59} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.19}Staff size}{60} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.19.1}Moving from 20pt to 16pt, 24pt or 29pt staff sizes and conversely}{60} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.19.2}Changing staff size for certain instruments}{60} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.20}Layout parameters}{62} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.1}List of layout parameters}{62} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.2}Changing layout parameters}{63} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.3}Changing the staff distance within systems}{63} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.4}Changing the number of lines in staffs}{64} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.5}Resetting normal layout parameters}{64} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.6}Typesetting one-line excerpts rather than large scores}{65} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.7}*Lyrics}{65} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.20.7.1}Getting enough vertical space for lyrics}{65} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.20.7.2}Posting lyrics}{66} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.20.7.3}Handling lyrics width versus scalable note spacings}{67} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.20.7.4}A more comprehensive example of lyrics}{68} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.21}Abnormal music coding}{71} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.21.1}Gregorian chant: staffs and clefs}{71} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.21.2}Music score without clefs or with special clefs}{72} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.21.3}Usual percussion music}{74} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.22}Writing your own macros: the {\tt \char '134catcode} problems}{75} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.23}\LaTeX \nobreakspace {}and MusiXT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m }{75} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.23.1}The {\tt musixtex.sty} style}{75} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.23.2}Wide music in \LaTeX }{75} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.23.3}The {\tt \char '134catcode} problems}{75} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.24}Implementation and restrictions}{76} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.25}From MusicT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m {}\nobreakspace {}to MusiXT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m : {\tt musixcpt}}{76} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.25.1}Compatibility restrictions}{76} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.25.2}Additional commands in {\tt musixcpt.tex}}{77} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.26}Extension Library}{78} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.1}musixadd}{78} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.2}musixbm}{78} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.3}musixbbm}{78} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.4}*musixcho}{78} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.5}musixdat}{79} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.6}*musixdia}{79} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.7}*musixeng}{79} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.8}musixext}{80} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.9}*musixgre}{80} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.26.9.1}The clefs}{80} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.26.9.2}The basic elementary symbols}{81} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.26.9.3}The plain complex neumes}{81} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.26.9.4}The liquescens complex neumes}{84} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.10}musixgui}{87} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.11}*musixlit}{87} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.12}musixmad}{88} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.13}musixper}{88} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.14}musixpoi}{89} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.15}musixstr}{89} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.16}musixsty}{90} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.26.17}musixtri}{91} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.27}Often reported problems and discussion faxilities}{91} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.27.1}Newsgroups}{91} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.27.2}Mailing list}{91} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.27.3}FAQs}{91} \contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}Installation}{92} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}*Getting the stuff}{92} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Installing the fonts}{93} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.3}Building a format}{93} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.1}Starting from nil}{93} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.2}Starting from your usual plain format}{95} \contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Examples}{96} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.1}Clean MusiXT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m \ examples}{96} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.2}Nearly compatible MusicT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m {}\ examples}{97} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.3}Compatible MusicT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m {}\ examples}{97} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.4}Looking at examples before installing MusiXT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m }{97} \contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}Index}{98} \contentsline {chapter}{\numberline 6{Summary of denotations}}{110}