On 6 Jul 2005 at 9:59, Gerald Berg wrote: > Unfortunately (but really I mean fortunately) I am away a lot for the > next month (and previous days) -- so I am (and will be) missing some > discussion points. > > I believe Andrew and David said 12/12 was not the answer but did not > say why.
12/12 changes all the rules for how time signatures work, since there is no such thing as a 1/12th note. > But Creston has a valid point ( and a logical solution) so I feel duty > bound to ask for clear arguments as to why it is unsatisfactory. > > Really, it is elegant and straight-forward albeit (most likely) > doomed. > > 12/8 is in fact 12/12. > > What could be simpler? I don't understand it, except as treating a time signature as a fraction, and coming up with the least common denominator (or is that "greatest"?). Time signatures are categorically not fractions, so this seems a completely illogical (and profoundly non-musical) solution. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
