Hello Jean, > Le 31 oct. 2022 à 09:04, Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> a écrit : > > Hi Jacques, > > Le 31/10/2022 à 06:39, Jacques Menu a écrit : >> Hello folks, >> >> Is there a LilyPond-specific term for the position of an element in a >> measure, such a 7/16? > > > Do you mean 7/16 as a fraction of the length of a whole note,
Yes. > or a fraction of the length of a measure? > > The former is called "measure position" by LilyPond and stored > in the measurePosition context property. The latter has no specific > name as far as I know, but could be computed as > measurePosition / measureLength. > > Both of these are of the type Moment that Aaron described. It's > essentially a rational number plus an optional grace part > (another rational number). The grace part of measurePosition > can be nonzero, that of measureLength is always zero. Thanks, that’s what I was looking for. A nice day! JM
