Re: [talk] easy tuplets

[David Kastrup]

Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> writes:

> On 9/23/12 4:48 PM, "Francisco Vila" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>2012/9/23 Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
>>> The general rule is that the duration x is (whole note)/x.  So in
>>> addition to the current
>>>   1 2 4 8
>>> we have
>>>   3 => \times 2/3 { c2 }    (whole note divided by 3)
>>>   6 => \times 2/3 { c4 }    (whole note divided by 6)
>>> ... etc.
>
> How would you do
>
> \times 2/3 { c8. c16} ?
>
>
>
> In working on beaming, I came to appreciate the \times 2/3 syntax.  It
> seemed awkard at first, but I think it's right.

It _is_ a bit tiresome in its single-mindedness when looking at

\times 2/3 { c8 c c c c c c c c c c c 
             c8 c c c c c c c c c c c }

I don't know whether it is feasible to always subdivide this
automatically as it may interfere with the intention of the composer,
but maybe one could allow manual subdivision with

\times 2/3 { c8 c c \\ c c c \\ c c c \\ c c c \\
             c8 c c \\ c c c \\ c c c \\ c c c }

I think it should be reasonably safe to abuse the voice separator here
as long as it is not occuring in simultaneous music.  Of course, it is
easy to make LilyPond understand this input, but making other tools
aware of this new feature would be more work.

-- 
David Kastrup