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Re: tuplets
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David Kastrup |
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Re: tuplets |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:17:26 +0100 |
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G.S. Williams <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I've been tied up with classical music for several decades,
> and we have always referred to
> pairs of notes as "DUPLETS",
> not,"TUPLETS:.why do you people in the U.S.A. always
> change terminology?
That's not a change. A duplet is a pair of notes against the prevailing
beat, a triplet a threesome, and a tuplet an n-some.
--
David Kastrup
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