Re: GDP for kids :)

[Trevor Bača]

On 9/17/07, Valentin Villenave <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2007/9/17, address@hidden <address@hidden>:
> > Valentin,
>
> Hi Charlotte,
>
> > I just happened to glance at the first of your links about 'tuplets' and
> > wondered if this is the right name for it? I have always understood
> > 'tuplets' to refer to the use of 'simple' time in a compound time
> > signature (so '2 notes in the time of 3') as opposed to triplets which are
> > 3 notes in the time of 2. To me, what you've illustrated is actually a
> > triplet, rather than a tuplet.
>
> I see your point; as English isn't my first language, I can't really
> make the difference here (nor can I for "eight notes" vs "quavers",
> which is why I intentionally used both).
>
> There was a discussion involving these terms a few months ago:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-12/msg00468.html
> Somebody, IIRC, proposed to create a \triplet keyword to make triplets
> creation easier (of course, like many "user ideas" in opensource
> world, this didn't make it to the actual program).
>
> When translating the manual, I was struck by the fact that "triplet"
> is almost never used. The advantage of "tuplet", which made me use it
> in this page, is that it seems to refer to any "\times p/q"
> construction, making "triplet" a subspecies of "tuplet".
>
> Such a question never happens in French, where we haven't any generic term:
> "duolet" refers to \times 3/2 (for instance in a 6/8 piece)
> "triolet" refers to \times 2/3 (the most common use)
> "quintolet" refers to \times 4/5
> etc...

Hi Valentin,

This is OT, but how does FR then refer to, for example, \times 3/5 and
\times 5/7? Or do you have to resort to "rhythmes irrationels" or some
such?


Trevor.




> My point here was to show that any rhythmic construction can be
> created, even 4/128 if you need it; that is why I dropped "triplet"
> and only kept "tuplet". I might, however, be very wrong; therefore I'd
> appreciate any help or criticism on this matter (and on each English
> version of my comics as well).
>
> Regards,
> Valentin
>
>
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