Re: Possible errors in the documentation

[Joram Berger]

Am 13.11.2012 23:59, schrieb Keith OHara:
> Joram Berger <joram.noeck <at> gmx.de> writes:
> 
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms#scaling-
> durations
>> It is:
>>   % Scale music by *2
>> Should it be?
>>  [ ... ]  % Divide durations by 2
> 
> The notes are typed printed as eighth-notes, but take up the time of 
> quarter-notes, so their duration is increased.  "Scale music by *2"
> is slightly awkward, but agrees with what happens, and the normal text
> seems clear in both languages.
No, it's again the German translation (I didn't compare this one with
the English version):
It tells as a comment *2 but the code says: *1/2


>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices.html
>> It is:
>>   This example maps _four consecutive measures_ to four variables
>> Should it be?
>>   four voices? (or 2 consecutive measures?)
> 
> The intent is to say that 4 consecutive measures in the *input* are 
> distributed into 4 voices, forming the first measure of the ensemble.
> (Then the next 4 measures in the input provide the second measure for
> each voice.)  

Ok, understood.

Cheers,
Joram