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I'm trying to write a text describing a short musical excerpt and I'd like to mention that a particular theme follows a given rhythm.
But instead of just saying something along the lines of "we have a 2 quarter-note, double note rythm that blablablas", I'd much rather just put the rythmic symbol in text :

I've looked at musixtex, but haven't been able to really wrap my head around it.
It doesn't seem possible to include elements in text (and I'm not sure the learning curve is worth it for such a trivial thing).

Any ideas ?

Writing sheets is hard without external software such as lilypond or MusixTex. But If it's only the symbol you're after you should take a look at the harmony package:

documentclass{article}

usepackage{harmony}

usepackage{graphicx}



begin{document}

    Check this rythm out:~scalebox{1.5}{ SechBr {} AchtBL} ! tafa tefe yo !

end{document}

Here is an answer using MusixTeX, from which you can easily define a macro:

documentclass{standalone}



usepackage{musixtex} 



begin{document}



We have a 2 quarter-note, double note rythm mbox{

    smallmusicsize

    setclefsymbol1empty

    generalmeter{empty}

    nostartrule

    setlines1{0}

    staffbotmarg0pt

    stafftopmarg0pt

    startpiece

        Notesibbu0e0qb0etbbu0qb0etbu0qb0een

    zstoppiece

} that blablabla



end{document}

smallmusicsize sets the music size to small: setclefsymbol1empty and generalmeter{empty} remove clef and meter from the extract; nostartrule removes the beginning vertical line; setlines1{0} sets the number of lines to draw to zero; staffbotmarg0pt and stafftopmarg0pt remove useless vertical space; then you type your notes between startpiece and zstoppiece; for the code, see MusixTeX documentation.