--- /dev/null
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% provide interface to musixtex fonts
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\mdef\quartball{'007}
+\mdef\halfball{'010}
+\mdef\wholeball{'011}
+\mdef\halfrest{'074}
+\mdef\wholerest{'075}
+\mdef\quartrest{62}
+\mdef\eighthrest{63}
+\mdef\sixteenthrest{64}
+\mdef\thirtysecondrest{65}
+\mdef\sixtyfourthrest{66}
+\mdef\hundredtwentyeighthrest{67}
+\mdef\sharp{52}
+\mdef\flat{50}
+\mdef\natural{54}
+\mdef\sharpsharp{53}
+\mdef\flatflat{51}
+
+\mdef\singledot{'00}
+\mdef\doubledot{'01}
+\mdef\tripledot{'02}
+\mdef\mussepline{155}
+
+\mdef\violinclef{71}
+\mdef\bassclef{73}
+\mdef\altoclef{75}
+\mdef\cviolinclef{72}
+\mdef\cbassclef{74}
+\mdef\caltoclef{76}
+
+\mdef\deighthflag{45}
+\mdef\dsixteenthflag{46}
+\mdef\dthirtysecondflag{47}
+\mdef\dsixtyfourthflag{48}
+\mdef\dhundredtwentyeighthflag{49}
+
+% pointing up
+\mdef\ueighthflag{40}
+\mdef\usixteenthflag{41}
+\mdef\uthirtysecondflag{42}
+\mdef\usixtyfourthflag{43}
+\mdef\uhundredtwentyeighthflag{44}
+
+\maccentdef\repeatcolon{55}{2/1}
+\def\eighthflag{\topalign{\ueighthflag}}
+\def\sixteenthflag{\topalign{\usixteenthflag}}
+\def\thirtysecondflag{\topalign{\uthirtysecondflag}}
+\def\sixtyfourthflag{\topalign{\usixtyfourthflag}}
+\def\hundredtwentyeighthflag{\topalign{\uhundredtwentyeighthflag}}
+
+\def\cquartrest{\vertcenter\quartrest}
+\def\ceighthrest{\vertcenter\eighthrest}
+\def\csixteenthrest{\vertcenter\sixteenthrest}
+\def\cthirtysecondrest{\vertcenter\thirtysecondrest}
+\def\csixtyfourthrest{\vertcenter\sixtyfourthrest}
+\def\chundredtwentyeighthrest{\vertcenter\hundredtwentyeighthrest}
+
+\def\lsingledot{\kern-\notewidth\singledot}
+\def\ldoubledot{\kern-\notewidth\doubledot}
+\def\ltripledot{\kern-\notewidth\tripledot}
+
+\maccentdef\sforzato{30}{-3/2}
+\maccentdef\marcato{20}{-1/1}
+\maccentdef\imarcato{21}{1/1}
+\maccentdef\staccato{24}{-1/3}
+\maccentdef\istaccato{25}{1/3}
+\maccentdef\staccatissimo{28}{-5/5}
+\maccentdef\istaccatissimo{29}{2/5}
+\maccentdef\portato{18}{-6/5}
+\maccentdef\iportato{19}{3/5}
+\maccentdef\tenuto{26}{-1/1}
+\maccentdef\itenuto{27}{1/1}
+\maccentdef\fermata{80}{-1/1}
+\maccentdef\ifermata{81}{1/1}
+
+\mdef\spicato{28}
+\mdef\ispicato{29}
+\mdef\upbow{23}
+\mdef\downbow{22}