You could compromise and use "2/3" to indicate current fractional time the way
it works now, but support using "3:2" to be more "musically intuitive". I.e.,
the separator denotes the meaning; '/' for raw division and ":" for ratio. Not
knowing how the parser works, it could even be done by the parser itself,
automatically converting "3:2" to "2/3"...
This also has the virtue of not breaking existing files.
Stephen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of David Rogers
Sent: Mon 12/18/2006 3:48 PM
To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Constructive Criticism and a Question
Carl Youngblood wrote:
>There are also places where 3/2 is necessary with the current way of
>doing things. For example, I was just doing a piece in 12/8 time
>where triplets are the norm and I needed to do eighth notes with a
>two feel. In this case I had to use \times 3/2 { c8 c } etc. I
>guess in this case you're saying it would be more intuitive to do
>2/3? I really don't mind the way things are now. It's a syntax that
>has to be learned anyway, and once you learn it, it seems about the
>same effort either way.
The way the syntax is now, is (in musical terms) the opposite of what's
printed. Having the syntax match the print is likely to be easier to learn for
at least the majority, if not everyone. (The way the syntax is now, it makes
mathematical sense; which is nice - but I don't think it serves a practical
purpose.)
David
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