Re: lines/graphic notation?

[D Josiah Boothby]

I don't think that the attachment worked right. The example can be seen at

http://students.washington.edu/josiah/oscillation1.png

josiah

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, D Josiah Boothby wrote:

> Hello, all,
>
> I'd like to draw a (visually simple) oscillation line over a note. I realize 
> it would probably require a knowledge of postscript... but I don't have any 
> idea where to start with postscript. Ideally, the line would change direction 
> at specific enough points so that they can be aligned in the measure with 
> other things going on.
>
> I've included a Gimp-edited example which gives a basic idea as to what I'm 
> trying to acheive. If at all possible, it would be ideal if I could set it up 
> like a lyric staff:
>
> oscillation = { s4\instruction1 s16\instruction2 s\instruction3 ... }
> notes = { bes1 }
>
> ...and end up putting them together, as I mentioned above like lyrics.
>
> Any ideas on how I can do this, or where to look to learn postscript?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josiah