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Re: Explicit default duration?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Explicit default duration? |
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Tue, 24 Jan 2023 01:01:27 +0100 |
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Aaron Hill <lilypond@hillvisions.com> writes:
> On 2023-01-23 3:35 pm, David Kastrup wrote:
>> p would require that there actually is a next pitch (or drum type,
>> assuming that p gets specialcased like r and R).
>
> I feel like I am missing context from the original query. '0' seems
> to only be necessary if there is another event following as well.
>
>
>> Also it begs the question what to do about c2 <e p> ...
>
> Yeah, does the 'p' pick up the most recently input 'e' or is it
> shorthand for the 'c' that occurred before? Perhaps it just is
> forbidden in chords, like 'q' is.
>
> Granted, I have wondered if 'q' could be accepted like a chord
> extension syntax:
>
> "<a c> <a c e> <a c e g>" becomes "<a c> <q e> <q g>"
>
> If that could be made to be consistent, perhaps 'p' would then need a
> good meaning.
>
> With '0' as a pseudo duration, there is less to mess about with
> regarding pitches and special-casing naming.
>
> ----
>
> Out of curiosity, would this work in your proposed syntax?
>
> "tamb4 r0 0 8 8" for "tamb4 r4 r4 tamb8 tamb8"
No, it would be tamb4 r4 tamb4 tamb8 tamb8 . Rests have never had any
form of implicit notation. Saving a single letter is just not worth it.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Explicit default duration?, (continued)
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- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/22
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Mats Bengtsson, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Luca Fascione, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Luca Fascione, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Aaron Hill, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Aaron Hill, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Aaron Hill, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/26
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Luca Fascione, 2023/01/26
- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/26
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Aaron Hill, 2023/01/26
- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/26
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Dan Eble, 2023/01/26
- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/26
- Re: Explicit default duration?, Dan Eble, 2023/01/23
- Re: Explicit default duration?, David Kastrup, 2023/01/23