General ⇒ Musixtex staff breaking issue

[Gabaux]

Hi,

I am quite new to MusixTeX and I try to typeset my first piece.

Here is my LaTeX input (I stripped all non relevant details):

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{musixtex}   

\begin{document}

\generalmeter\meterC
\noindent \startpiece
\notes\qa{cegj}\enotes
\bar
\notes\qa{hgfd}\enotes
\bar
\notes\Qqbu hhgf\qa{eg}\enotes
\bar
\notes\Qqbu higf\qa{ef}\enotes
\bar
\notes\Qqbu fdgf\qa{fg}\enotes
\bar
\notes\qa{hifg}\enotes
\bar
\notes\Qqbu fegf\qa{ig}\enotes
\bar
\notes\qa{cegj}\enotes
\bar
\notes\Qqbu hhgf\qa{eg}\enotes
\bar
\notes\Qqbu hhgf\qa{eg}\enotes
\bar
\notes\Qqbu higf\qa{ef}\enotes
\bar
\notes\qa{cegj}\enotes
\bar
\notes\qa{hgfd}\enotes
\endpiece

\end{document}  

I have the following problems:

1. The first staff is shorter than the others.

2. All staves have 4 bars, though I think there would be room for a fifth.

3. The actual length of the staves is different and the lengths of the bars are different, too.

I am sure that I miss something very simple. Could anybody give me some hints?

Thanks in advance,

Gabaux

[cgnieder]

Here is what I get (with an up to date TeX Live 2013) with only one modification of your code (I changed \noindent into \setlength\parindent{0pt} and added the {music} environment to keep this setting local.

I compiled with the following sequence (I called the file test.tex):

1. pdflatex test
2. musixflx test.mx1
3. pdflatex test

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{musixtex}   

\begin{document}

\begin{music}
  \setlength\parindent{0pt}%
  \generalmeter\meterC
  \startpiece
    \notes\qa{cegj}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\qa{hgfd}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\Qqbu hhgf\qa{eg}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\Qqbu higf\qa{ef}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\Qqbu fdgf\qa{fg}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\qa{hifg}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\Qqbu fegf\qa{ig}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\qa{cegj}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\Qqbu hhgf\qa{eg}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\Qqbu hhgf\qa{eg}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\Qqbu higf\qa{ef}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\qa{cegj}\enotes
    \bar
    \notes\qa{hgfd}\enotes
  \endpiece
\end{music}

\end{document}

Regards