music and enumerate together

Question

I am using musixtex for writing music. I want to use environment music with enumerate. See this code -

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{musixtex}

\begin{document}
    \begin{enumerate}
        \item   \begin{music}
            \setclef{1}{\alto}
            \startextract
            \notes \wh{c} \en
            \endextract
        \end{music}
        \hrule
        \item   \begin{music}
            \setclef{1}{\alto}
            \startextract
            \notes \wh{g} \en
            \endextract
        \end{music}
        \hrule
        \item   \begin{music}
            \setclef{1}{\alto}
            \startextract
            \notes \wh{g} \en
            \endextract
        \end{music}
        \hrule
    \end{enumerate}
\end{document}

This renders the following output. It is evident that the enumeration has happened wrongly. What can be the cause of this and how to solve this?

Solution provided by @Piroooh and some further doubts.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{musixtex}

\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule
\item\mbox{\null}

\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\hrule

\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

See 9th and 17th point. The enumeration and the point are on different pages.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 08 '19 at 11:06

1

Cause : It's due to the height of the music environment which starts from the bottom of the line in LaTeX. It's the same problem for each environment next to the \item command. (Minipage, includegraphics,...)

Solution : You can avoid this behaviour by adding \mbox{\null} and a blank line after the \item command. It's the easiest way to achieve what you want.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{musixtex}

\begin{document}
    \begin{enumerate}
        \item   \mbox{\null}

        \begin{music}
            \setclef{1}{\alto}
            \startextract
            \notes \wh{c} \en
            \endextract
        \end{music}
        \hrule
        \item   \mbox{\null}

        \begin{music}
            \setclef{1}{\alto}
            \startextract
            \notes \wh{g} \en
            \endextract
        \end{music}
        \hrule
        \item   \mbox{\null}

        \begin{music}
            \setclef{1}{\alto}
            \startextract
            \notes \wh{g} \en
            \endextract
        \end{music}
        \hrule
    \end{enumerate}
\end{document}

OUTPUT

edited Dec 08 '19 at 11:06

Niranjan

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answered Dec 08 '19 at 09:07

Piroooh

1,197

Ok, really a good solution. Also thanks for the explanation, but this is still creating a problem for large lists. See the edit. – Niranjan Dec 08 '19 at 09:26
By this logic I can also have \item\phantom{text}\\ and then my music environment. I tried it and it works fine, I want a real solution which will enumerate the music correctly. – Niranjan Dec 08 '19 at 09:54
Why not simply \mbox{}? – egreg Dec 08 '19 at 09:59
@egreg Yes, it works. Thanks. – Niranjan Dec 08 '19 at 10:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 08 '19 at 10:25

This is the solution that I found the best. Thanks @Pirooh and @egreg.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{musixtex}

\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{c} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}

\item \mbox{}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{music}
\setclef{1}{\alto}
\startextract
\notes \wh{g} \en
\endextract
\end{music}
\end{minipage}
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

You don't need \mbox{}, because of minipage; also \textwidth should be \linewidth. — egreg, Dec 08 '19 at 11:01
Oh yes. Thanks. Can you explain the difference between textwidth and linewidth? — Niranjan, Dec 09 '19 at 05:58
See https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41476/lengths-and-when-to-use-them/41488#41488 — egreg, Dec 09 '19 at 08:54

music and enumerate together

Solution provided by @Piroooh and some further doubts.

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