Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes:
> Interesting. Apart from which one would produce tuplet brackets,
> maybe *x/y notation would allow us to distinguish between
>
> \times 2/3 { b16 b b }
> \times 2/3 { b16 b b }
>
> and
>
> \times 4/6 { b16 b b b b b }
>
> by writing { b16*2/3 b b b b b } and { b16*4/6 b b b b b },
> respectively?
No, it happens that the scale factor of durations is indeed a scalar
rational rather than an integer pair, so the latter two are
indistinguishable.
> b12 is still more brief, though.
>
> As for \times 2/3 {c8. c16}, {c12. c24} seems clear enough from my
> perspective. No idea whether "computers will like it", though :)
I don't like it since it does not match musical concepts. You would not
talk about "12th notes" to other musicians.
--
David Kastrup
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