Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> just a quick note before i go to sleep:
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Graham Percival
> <gra...@percival-music.ca> wrote:
>> [...] allow arbitrary integer durations.
>>
>> c4 e \times 2/3 { c4 e g }
>> into:
>> c4 e c6 e g
>
> I had this idea in my head for two years, and it was the subject of
> the second email i've sent to the Lily mailing list! :)
> I have recently read Elaine Gould's instructions on tuplet notation,
> and it seems that tuplet rules are consistent enough to make this idea
> feasible.
It does not appear to me like this notation would be able to express the
difference between \times 4/6 and \times 2/3 which is similar to the
difference between \time 3/4 and \time 6/8, respectively.
It also fails my "notation should be similar to how one would spell
music on the phone" criterion: I've never heard somebody talking about
"sixth notes" as opposed to "eighth notes" (German duration names are
based on 2^k fractions rather than the more colorful "semidemiquaver"
nomenclature). I agree that \times 2/3 on every single tuplet bracket
is tiresome.
--
David Kastrup
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