Re: TimeSignature with note in denominator

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

Hi Kieren,

Am 14.11.21 um 15:00 schrieb Kieren MacMillan:
> > There just is no uniquely identified print form using a note in the
> > denominator for that time signature representation.
> As I’ve explained several times, there is.

I don't think you're right.

It's well possible that I'm missing the point completely, but here's my 
take:

When Thomas Adès switches from 4/4 to 4/5, there is no way of knowing 
which "graphical" note length (combination of notehead style and flag 
count) is supposed to be used for the basic unit (of which 4 make up a 
bar, and of which five equal the duration of a semibreve).

In written scores, that's not a problem: You can just count in a printed 
bar to find out what X is in "four X's make up a bar", and in the Adès 
scores I have seen, it was usually X = crotchet. But there's no way of 
knowing that beforehand.

That problem always bugged me with this style of notation.

Lukas