Hi Craig,
You can tupletize lone notes with no warnings:
### BEGIN ###
\new Staff
{
\times 2/3
{
g'2.:8
}
\times 2/3
{
a'2.:8
}
\times 2/3
{
bf'2.:8
}
\times 2/3
{
bf'2.:8
}
}
### END ###
[image: craig-tuplets.png]
Changing "\tuplet 2/3 2" to "\tuplet 2/3 4" (David's solution) is the right
one; but knowing about the (explicit) time scaling available with \times is
helpful to have as a backup (and allows you to think and notate each sixth
note as a sixth note).
Trevor.
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 7:26 AM Craig Dabelstein
wrote:
> Thanks Malte, that was stupid of me. Improved MWE below.
>
> Andrew, this is just a shortcut in notation, developed when scores had to
> be handwritten. Writing it this way (as in bars 1 and 2) is a lot easier
> than the long version (bars 3 and 4). It doesn't seem to be used much in
> modern scores but was very prevalent in the the 1800s and earlier. When you
> see it in context you'd have no problem interpreting it.
>
> All the best,
>
> Craig
>
>
> \version "2.19.82"
> \language "english"
>
> notes = \relative c'' {
> %1
> \tuplet 3/2 2 { g2.:8 a2.:8 } |
>
> %2
> \tuplet 3/2 2 { bf2.:8 bf2.:8 } |
>
> %3
> \tuplet 3/2 4 { g8 g g g g g a a a a a a } |
>
> %4
> \tuplet 3/2 4 { bf8 bf bf bf bf bf bf bf bf bf bf bf } |
> }
>
> \score {
> \new Staff
> \notes
> \layout { }
> }
>
>
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 20:58, Andrew Bernard
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Aaron and Craig, I understand that already. But why the obscure
>> notation is what I was asking. Surely it can be written clearly or more
>> explicitly? And if you feel it needed explaining to me, it's going to need
>> explaining to other players, isn't it Craig?
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 17:39, Aaron Hill
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not OP, but I believe that notation means to play a sequence of single
>>> note tremolos, with the single slash indicating eighth-note
>>> subdivisions. So each dotted half is played as six eighth notes,
>>> following the specified tuplet timing. That is, think of `g2.:8` as `g8
>>> 8 8 8 8 8`.
>>>
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