Re: [proposal] easy triplets and tuplets - Draft 3

[Benkő Pál]

2012/10/9 Francisco Vila <address@hidden>:
> When I learned how to read music, triplets were taught to me as
> "always shrinking" groups and you see a "3" but there is an implicit
> "2" so we have 3:2. Only the numerator is printed by convention.
>
> Thus, if you write
>
>   \times 2/3 { b16 b b b b b }
>
> or
>
>   \times 4/6 { b8 b b }
>
> this is mathematically perfect but the number you are asking to be
> printed is a confusing "3" and a confusing "6" respectively.

the first is not confusing: it makes sure to read
b16[ b] b[ b] b[ b]
instead of
b16[ b b] b[ b b].

I think I've actually seen such a triplet in Ligeti's Requiem;
will look tonight.

p