MusixTeX is a powerfull LaTeX package for music typesetting.MusixLyr and TabDefs are additional LaTeX packages to improve lyrics and tablature typesetting with MusixTeX. You may use these packages within GuitarTeX by including one (or more) of the following directives (anywhere in your Chord file):
{musixtex}
{musixlyr}
{tabdefs}
Important: You must have installed the packages correctly before you may use them in GuitarTeX! Please read the documentation that comes with the packages.
After this you may use LaTeX code for MusixTeX, MusixLyr or TabDefs at any place in your Chord file or better include them using the include directive (for Examples see the Section called Examples).
Example 6-3. MusixTeX
{musixtex} {soc} [D]This is the [Bm]manual song [A^7]No-one really knows what's [D]goin' on [D]This is the [F#m]manual song [A^7]And now the chorus is already [D]gone {eoc} \hsize=100mm \generalmeter{\meterfrac24}% \parindent 0pt \setsign1{-3} \startpiece\bigaccid \NOtes\qu{ce}\enotes \bar \NOtes\qu{gh}\enotes \bar \NOtes\qu{=b}\enotes \Notes\ds\cu g\enotes \bar \NOtes\qu{^f=f}\enotes \NOtes\qu{=e}\itied0e\qu{_e}\enotes \bar \Notes\ttie0\Qqbu ed{_d}c\enotes \bar \Notes\ibu0b{-2}\qb0{=b}\enotes \notes\nbbu0\qb0{=a}\tqh0N\enotes \Notes\Dqbu cf\enotes \NOtes\uptext{\it tr}\qu e\uptext{\it tr}\qu d\enotes \bar \NOtes\qu c\qp\enotes \setdoubleBAR \stoppiece \bigskip [D]The second verse is [A^7]like the [D]first, The music poor, the [A^7]verse is [D]worse, I wrote this since [A^7]I'd get [D]sued, If I used real songs. [A^7]This'll [D]do. |
Example 6-4. Metronomic indication
{musixtex} {title:The Manual Song} {st:No-one has yet claimed responsibility} \notes\metron{\qu}{60}\en [D]I print verses [A^7]in a [D]row, The next line gets put [A^7]down be[D]low, Mumble mumble [A^7]rhymes with [D]grow [G] [G#] [A] Done this verse, now [A^7susX]on we [quietly]go! |
Example 6-5. Enhanced lyrics typesetting with MusixLyr
{musixtex} {musixlyr} {soc} [D]This is the [Bm]manual song [A^7]No-one really knows what's [D]goin' on [D]This is the [F#m]manual song [A^7]And now the chorus is already [D]gone {eoc} \par{ \hsize=120mm \setlyrstrut \resetlyrics \setlyrics{Winter1}{Win-ter a-de\rlap{,} a-ber dein Schei-den macht\rlap{,}} \setlyrics{Winter2}{schei-den tut weh\rlap,} \assignlyrics1{Winter1,Winter2} \generalmeter{\meterfrac34} \generalsignature2 \setsongraise1{-2mm} \startpiece \NOtes\qa{ffe}\en\bar \NOTesp\hup d\en\rightrepeat \assignlyrics1{Winter1}% \NOtes\qa{fgh}\en\bar \NOtes\qa h\en \Notes\beginmel\Ibu0gf1\qb0g\endmel\tqh0f\en \NOtes\qa g\en \endpiece } [D]The second verse is [A^7]like the [D]first, The music poor, the [A^7]verse is [D]worse, I wrote this since [A^7]I'd get [D]sued, If I used real songs. [A^7]This'll [D]do. |