Re: Trouble with notes in LaTeX

[Thorkil Wolvendans]

At 15:27 11-6-04, you wrote:
> Thorkil Wolvendans wrote:
> >> Thanks for the link. Strangely the email doesn't appear to be there
> >> in my archive. Oh well!
> >> I have to admit that I'm a fairly LaTeX novice, and I haven't got a
> >> clue how to incorporate the advice given in the email, in my own
> >> document. Could you give me a more detailed explanation of how to
> >> achieve what I want?
> >>
> >> This is the file: (the body text is dutch, but I don't think that
> >> should give any problems)
> >>
> >> %%begining of file%%
> >>
> >> \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{report}
> >> \usepackage[dutch]{babel}
> >> \begin{document}
> >> \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
> >> \begin{center}
> >> \LARGE \textbf{Cant\'ar}\\
> >> \normalsize \textit{Speelaanwijzingen}\\[10mm]
> >> \end{center}
>
> Consider using something like \section{Cant\'ar}?

Yes, I tried that, but it didn't suit my needs.


> If you use
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
> you can enter accented notes from the keyboard, e.g. geïnteresseerd.

That's right-- I read it in the Not so short etc., but forgot about it.

> >> Cant\'ar is geschreven voor twee ver van elkaar verwijderde piano's
> >> en dient gespeeld te worden op tempo [sixteenth note here] =
> >> 368.\\[5mm]
> >>
> >> \end{document}
>
> You don't need Lilypond here.  There are note symbols in the wasysym
> package.  (I'm not sure there is a sixteenth note too, though).

Unfortunately, in the waysym ain't no sixteenth note available. Burden.

> For more (La)TeX related questions, you can also resort to comp.text.tex...

I've done that (with rather unsuccesful results, unfortunately..)

> Good luck, H.

Thank you!

Regards,
Thorkil