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From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
Subject: Re: MuTeX and multiple staffs + beams.
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.232306.23032@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
Organization: Inland Sea
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 23:23:06 GMT

smagt@fwi.uva.nl (Patrick van der Smagt) writes:

>karl@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Karl Berry) writes:

>>MuTeX's major limitation (at first glance) is that it can only typeset
>>single-staff music.  I'm interested in hearing about any work on
>>extending MuTeX to multiple-staff music (even two would be a big
>>improvement!), or, indeed, from anyone who has tried to use MuTeX at
>>all.  Or about alternatives to MuTeX.  Or whatever.

>Please post anything you get.  But...there's more wrong.
>Trying to live within MuTeX's limitations, I don't understand why it can
>print only 1/8 beams!  I REALLY need 1/16 beams; can it be extended?

You two might want to look at MusicTeX, at ymir.claremont.edu in
[anonymous.tex.music.musictex].  I've downloaded the documentation and
read it.  It's quite daunting, but can handle amazingly complex stuff.
I've not actually tried it or MuTeX yet.

On a similar topic, I'd love to see a TeX package to do basic guitar or
banjo chords with single line voice and lyrics.
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