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Mussym
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While it is possible to place musical symbols
such as fermatas and coda signs using
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it is perhaps a bit confusing, since music
symbols are really not part of any particular font. So there is a "mussym"
statement which can be used. The text strings after the colon must each
consist of a single musical symbol whose name can be given without the
usual \() wrapper. The following two lines produce identical results,
but the second is perhaps a bit clearer:
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rom above 1: 1 "\(ferm)";
mussym above 1: 1 "ferm";
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A duration is not allowed on mussym statements
except in one special case--if the
symbol is "tr" (trill). In that case, the duration tells Mup how long a
wavy line to draw from the end of the "tr" symbol.
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1: 2e;g;
mussym above 1: 1 "tr" til 2; 3 "ferm";
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A size can optionally be specified, inside parentheses:
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mussym (15) above 2: "turn";
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