Re: Terminology question

[Jacques Menu]

Hello Jean,

> Le 31 oct. 2022 à 09:04, Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Jacques,
> 
> Le 31/10/2022 à 06:39, Jacques Menu a écrit :
>> Hello folks,
>> 
>> Is there a LilyPond-specific term for the position of an element in a 
>> measure, such a 7/16?
> 
> 
> Do you mean 7/16 as a fraction of the length of a whole note,

Yes.

> or a fraction of the length of a measure?
> 
> The former is called "measure position" by LilyPond and stored
> in the measurePosition context property. The latter has no specific
> name as far as I know, but could be computed as
> measurePosition / measureLength.
> 
> Both of these are of the type Moment that Aaron described. It's
> essentially a rational number plus an optional grace part
> (another rational number). The grace part of measurePosition
> can be nonzero, that of measureLength is always zero.

Thanks, that’s what I was looking for.

A nice day!

JM