Hans Aberg <haber...@telia.com> writes: >> On 7 Nov 2014, at 10:08, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> The question was when to use 4/4 and when to use C in a time >> signature. This is not related to the accent structure of the music >> as much as it is to the century of its origin and the conventions >> used in its respective music field. Math does not provide answers to >> the particular distinction this thread is about since the math behind >> C and 4/4 is quite the same. > > The “+” notation I think is quite recent, possibly invented by Béla > Bartók and Vinko Žganec for the description of Balkan meters. So the > use of anything else than numerals is a modernity.
We are talking about the use of C for 4/4. I doubt many people consider that a modernity. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
