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Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond
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Mark Knoop |
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Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond |
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Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:45:01 +0000 |
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Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Han-Wen Nienhuys [mailto:address@hidden
>>
>> For unbeamed notes, we have to draw the line somewhere, and
>> it's at 64th right now. If someone can show a reasonable use
>> for 128th we
>> *might* consider it, but my initial reaction is that you
>> should reconsider your use of notation
>>
>
> I don't have an axe to grind here, as I've never used anything smaller
> than a 32nd in music I've worked with.
>
> I did notice, however, when I looked at the Plaine and Easie format
> specification, <http://www.iaml.info/files/plaine_easie_code.pdf> I
> noticed that P&E supports up to a 128th note, I also noticed that there
> is no "name" for a 128th note; a 64th is a hemidemisemiquaver.
>
> The lack of a name for a 128th note would indicate that a 64th is a
> reasonable smallest note. The presence of a 128th note in P&E syntax
> might indicate that a 128th note is a reasonable smallest note.
This talk of 'reconsidering your notation' and 'reasonable shortest
notes' is rather disturbing. Clearly, composers *do* use 128th (and
shorter) notes, both beamed and unbeamed: therefore lilypond *should*
support them.
The musical notation should be chosen by the composer, not the tool. It
is not the job of software writers to dictate what is or is not
'reasonable'.
--
Mark Knoop
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2007/11/06
- RE: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Carl D. Sorensen, 2007/11/07
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond,
Mark Knoop <=
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Graham Percival, 2007/11/07
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Trevor Bača, 2007/11/07
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/11/07
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Thomas Bushnell BSG, 2007/11/07
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Ian Stirling, 2007/11/07
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/11/08
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Valentin Villenave, 2007/11/08
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Mark Knoop, 2007/11/08
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2007/11/08
- Re: GPD: official shortest note in lilypond, Graham Percival, 2007/11/08