Re: Single Straight Eighths?

[David Rogers]

On 12-Apr-06, at 09:01, David Feuer wrote:

> On 4/12/06, Atte André Jensen <address@hidden> wrote:
> > S L Raymond wrote:
> >
> > > IMO, the markup "straight" is a bit crowded for just one or two  
> > > notes.
> > > I've considered using a sixteenth-dotted eighth figure, supposing  
> > > that a
> > > performer would interpret the "ahead of the beat" implication.
> >
> > I'd write "straight". Another option would be a duol...
>
> I don't see "duol" in the OED, dictionary.com, Wikipedia, or the
> LilyPond manual.  Could you tell me what it means?  My instinct for
> marking the straight note would be one of those little lines
> indicating full value.  Is that a duol?

I think this would be "duolet" - two notes marked like a triplet is  
marked (but using a 2 instead of a 3, of course)

David