\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}What is MusicT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m \ ?}{4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.1}MusicT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m \ principal features}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.1}Music typesetting is two-dimensional}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.2}The spacing of the notes}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.3}Music tokens, rather than a readymade generator}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.4}Beams}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1.5}Setting anything on the score}{7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.2}A simple example}{7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.3}Some highlights}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3.1}Signatures}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3.2}Transposition}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3.3}Selecting special instrument scores}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3.4}Variable staff and note sizes}{8}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.4}How to get it}{9}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.5}Enhancements}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.5.1}Recent easy enhancements}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.5.2}The tie/slur problem}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.5.3}MusiXT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m }{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.5.4}Enhancement limitations}{10}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.6}Acknowledgements}{10}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Practical use}{11}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.1}Heading statements}{11}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.2}Before you begin to write notes}{11}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.1}Instrument names}{13}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.2}Polyphonic songs}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.3}Starting your masterpiece}{13}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3.1}Typing the first system}{13}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3.2}Easy selecting note spacing}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.4}Note pitch specification}{14}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.5}Writing notes}{14}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.1}Single (spacing) notes}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.2}Non-spacing (chord) notes}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.3}Shifted non-spacing (chord) heads}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.4}Shifted notes}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.5}Non-spacing single notes}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.6}Single (spacing) stemless notes}{17}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5.7}Pointed notes}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.6}Beams}{17}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6.1}Fixed slope beams}{18}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6.2}Repeated pattern beams}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6.3}Semi-automatic beams}{20}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.7}Rests}{21}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.7.1}ordinary rests}{21}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.7.2}Lifted rests}{21}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.8}Phantom notes}{21}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.9}Collective coding: sequences of notes}{22}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.10}Accidentals}{22}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.11}Transposition and octaviation}{23}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.12}Ties and slurs}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12.1}Standard and nicer slurs}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12.2}Problem with large slur ends}{26}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12.3}Weird slurs and ties}{26}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12.4}Refined slurs for clever typesetters}{26}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.13}Bars}{27}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.13.1}Bars and spacing}{27}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.13.2}Bar numbering}{27}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.13.3}Full and instrument divided bars}{28}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.14}Line and page breaking}{28}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.15}Changing score attributes}{29}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.16}Repeats}{31}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.16.1}Elementary and unsafe solutions}{31}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.16.2}Safe and correct coding}{32}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.16.3}Specific first and second pass scoring}{32}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.16.4}Large scope repeats}{33}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.17}Miscellaneous}{33}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.1}Putting anything anywhere}{33}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.2}Metronomic indications}{34}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.3}Usual ornaments}{34}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.4}New line synchronization of coding}{35}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.17.5}Beams across bars}{36}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.18}Small and tiny notes}{37}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.18.1}Cadenzas and explicit ornaments}{37}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.18.2}Grace notes}{39}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.18.3}Gregorian note shapes}{39}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.18.4}Percussion stemless note shapes}{40}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.18.5}Other note shapes}{40}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.19}Staff size}{41}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.19.1}Moving from 20pt to 16pt general staff sizes and conversely}{41}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.19.2}Changing staff size for certain instruments}{41}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.20}Layout parameters}{42}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.1}List of layout parameters}{42}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.2}Changing layout parameters}{44}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.3}Changing the vertical distance between consecutive systems}{45}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.4}Changing staff distance within systems}{45}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.5}Changing the number of lines in staffs}{45}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.6}Resetting normal layout parameters}{46}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.7}Typesetting one-line excerpts rather than larges scores}{46}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.20.8}Lyrics}{46}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.21}Other special ornaments}{47}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.22}The {\tt musicsty} macros}{47}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.23}Abnormal music coding}{49}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.23.1}Gregorian chant}{49}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.23.2}Music score without clefs or with special clefs}{49}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.23.3}Usual percussion music}{51}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.24}Writing your own macros: the {\fontshape n\selectfont \fontseries m\selectfont \tt \char '134catcode} problems}{52}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.25}MusiclaT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m }{52}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.25.1}The {\tt musictex.sty} style}{52}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.25.2}Wide music in \LaTeX }{53}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.25.3}The {\fontshape n\selectfont \fontseries m\selectfont \tt \char '134catcode} problems}{53}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.26}Implementation and restrictions}{53}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}Installation}{55}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Getting the stuff}{55}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Installing the fonts}{55}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.3}Building a format}{56}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.1}Starting from nil}{56}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.2}Starting from your usual plain format}{57}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Index}{58}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}Examples}{65}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {6}Summary of denotations}{67}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.1}Pitches}{67}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.2}Notes and Rests}{67}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.3}Other symbols}{68}