Re: [talk] easy tuplets

[David Kastrup]

Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:

> Interesting.  Apart from which one would produce tuplet brackets,
> maybe *x/y notation would allow us to distinguish between
>
>   \times 2/3 { b16 b b }
>   \times 2/3 { b16 b b }
>
> and
>
>   \times 4/6 { b16 b b b b b }
>
> by writing { b16*2/3 b b b b b } and { b16*4/6 b b b b b },
> respectively?

No, it happens that the scale factor of durations is indeed a scalar
rational rather than an integer pair, so the latter two are
indistinguishable.

> b12 is still more brief, though.
>
> As for \times 2/3 {c8. c16}, {c12. c24} seems clear enough from my
> perspective.  No idea whether "computers will like it", though :)

I don't like it since it does not match musical concepts.  You would not
talk about "12th notes" to other musicians.

-- 
David Kastrup