Re: Abbreviations

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 05.04.2015 um 09:54 schrieb Johan Vromans:
> On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 18:56:47 +0200
> Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > ... it
> > should be in some way characteristic of a tuplet,
> A tuplet is nothing more than a sequence of notes that do not have a
> discrete duration like 1/4 or 1/8. For example, a 3/2 tuplet means the notes
> have 2/3 of the notated durations. I'd say it would be feasible to write
>
>    a8 \tuplet 3/2 { f8 a c } b
>
> as
>
>    a8 f5 a c b8
>
> where 5 approximates the duration of 2/3*8 = 5.33.
Well, 1) using estimated values seems unprofessional, and 2) the point 
about a tuplet is that it’s not the same as a mere scaled duration: it 
creates a visual indication of the proportion. And the coding you 
propose mixes the two, I think. For me, if ever, a8 f5 a c b8 would be 
analogous to a8 f8*2/3 a c b8, which gives different output.

Yours, Simon