normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\normal
This defines an elementary spacing of normalshapemediumseries10pt. If you say
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\large2.2 the elementary spacing (
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\elemskip) is set to normalshapemediumseries
12pt. Once this is done, you can select multiples of this value to
select specific note spacing by initiating your note column with normalshapemediumseries\
notes (spacing normalshapemediumseries\elemskip), normalshapemediumseries\Notes (spacing normalshapemediumseries
1.4normalshapemediumseries\elemskip), etc.
The is also a macro named normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\etroit which yields narrower2.3 spacings but not increasing in the same way.
In practice, the choice of the macro normalshapemediumseries\notes, normalshapemediumseries\
Notes, normalshapemediumseries\NOtes, etc., to initiate of column of notes sets an
internal dimension register, named
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\noteskip to the given multiple
of
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\elemskip. Thus, each spacing note (
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\qu,
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\qh,
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\hl, etc.) will be followed by a spacing of
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\noteskip. Then, the advantage of the definition of normalshapemediumseries\
elemskip is that, whenever it is changed, all subsequent normalshapemediumseries\noteskips
will be updated proportionally so that a simple change of normalshapemediumseries\elemskip
can expand or shrink all consecutive note spacings as a whole.
If these values of normalshapemediumseries\elemskip are not fit to your needs, you can also say
normalshapemediumseries
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\normal
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\elemskip=15pt
or revert to the basic note introducing sequence:
normalshapemediumseries
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\vnotes q normalshapemediumseries\elemskip
note specifications normalshapemediumseries\enotes
where q is a positive integer or decimal number.
Of course, if you are sufficiently skilled with TEX, you can also
compute
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\elemskip according to the number of bars you want in a
line and the number of notes in each bar.
However, you may also prefer to ask MusicTEX to compute the size
of
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\elemskip from the current page width (
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\hsize) after
assuming a constant number of bars of a constant number of beats within each
line2.4. In this case, you have
better use the
normalshapemediumseriesnormalshapemediumseries\autolines macro, which is described below (see:
``Line and page breaking'').