I've heard/used tuplets since the mid 1980s when I first started learning music. However, I've always understood it to specifically mean 'two in the time of x', probably as a mispronounciation of 'duplets' by confusing it with 'two' (two-plets - I grew up in Norfolk!).
This specific usage is why I raised this issue in the first place - it seemed wrong to me to use it as a generic term. I don't actually know of a generic term for 'x in the time of y' groups. The only common feature I've come across for teaching such concepts is the 'in the time of' construction, which isn't exactly catchy but at least fits with the LP syntax of \times! I don't particularly like the idea of creating a neologism just for the LP manual, whatever Finale may have done. As we've already seen, it's going to cause problems for translating the manual into other languages and won't necessarily even be clear to native English-speakers. In what context do we actually need to use this generic term? Surely we can avoid it? I'd be happy to try to re-draft the relevant paragraph(s) if necessary. C. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
