Re: coding problem with triplets

[chip]

Thanks, I figured it out after posting the message, which apparently 
took several days to show up on the list.
Regards,
Chip

David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> On Thursday 11 March 2004 10:37, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
>
> > On Sunday 07 March 2004 01:58, chip wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to get a measure like this -
> > > 8thRest 8thNote 8thNote 8thNote 4Note triplet8thNotes
> > > using this code
> >
> > r8 a' csharp'' e'' = 2 beats
> >
> > csharp''4 = 1 beat
> >
> > \times 4/3 {gsharp''8[ gsharp'' gsharp'']} =
>
> Oops:  (4 x 1.5) / 3 = 2 beats
>
> > 5 beats?
> >
> > Try \times 2/3 ?
>
>
> Better yet, would \times 1/1.5 work?  With a single beat being divided,
> that might avoid confusion, if lilypond permits it.  I will do it that
> way from now on myself if I can.  daveA