Re: Rhythm

[Graham Percival]

You're not writing g8 to get a fourth 16th note; you're writing g8
to get an eighth note.  Evidently your source material (I haven't
looked at the youtube video myself) has two 16s and one 8th note.

Cheers,
- Graham


On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 02:18:16PM -0400, Christian Henning wrote:
> Considering this pattern "g16 g g8". I do understand that the second g
> is inheriting the 16 from the previous g. I don't understand why I
> need to g8 to get the fourth 16th note? Is it maybe that the duration
> from the second note to the third note is of an eight note?
> 
> I probably have a different way of thinking in my head than lilypond
> and for that matter most musicians. I'm trying to change that.
> 
> Christian
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Federico Bruni<address@hidden> wrote:
> > Christian Henning wrote:
> >>
> >> Carl, you won it!! ;-) Thanks.
> >>
> >> What's the logic for naming the last "g8"?
> >>
> >
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Simple-notation#Simple-notation
> > 2nd section - Durations (rhythms)
> >
> > "If you do not specify a duration, the previous duration is used for the
> > next note."
> >
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Carl Glick<address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> g16 g g8
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Christian Henning <address@hidden>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> A picture probably helps to make my point clear. The Youtube video (
> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8gYpvlfGTM ) at second 25 shows what I
> >>>> want as a picture.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm sorry for the confusion I have caused.
> >>>>
> >>>> Christian
> >>>>
> >>>>
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