Re: [GLISS] non-timed or non-musical events "z" "y"

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On 23/09/12 15:58, David Kastrup wrote:
> With the separately discussed "isolated durations are pitch-less
> NoteEvent in noteentry", you could use arguments like
> { 8 ~ 8. } = { 4 }
> and such music arguments would get passed through a \score markup using
> a specific TempoStaff without stafflines and with nice dimensions, also
> allowing for specs like
> \tempo \times 2/3 { 4 8 } = 64

Just to be clear I understand, this last example means "triplet quarter + eighth 
= 64", and would be equivalent to regular quarter = 64, correct?

It looks quite an elegant formulation as (again, if I understand correctly) it 
allows an arbitrary combination of durations (tied and non-tied) to be used as 
the beat length.  I can also see other applications in other contexts for a 
pitchless NoteEvent.

Basically, I think with this single post you've removed all my concerns about 
the \tempo command and its future. :-)