Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

[Eyolf Østrem]

> 2007/9/21, Trevor Bača <address@hidden>:
> > Yeah, I may be spreading unsubstantiated rumours here, but the term
> > seems definitely to have shown up first in English (rather than FR or
> > DE) and I *think* it actually originated in an early version of the
> > Finale user manual (God help us). I've never been able to verify this
> > last bit, but, if true, it would at least explain why the word doesn't
> > seem to exist in any EN dictionaries yet.

Does this mean that we should consider not using the word? Not that I
have anything against Finale (hehe :-), but do we have to copy their
strange nomenclature? The question is, I suppose:

- is it a good term (perhaps it is; are there any alternatives for a
  cover-all term for -- eh, for tuplets...?)
- is the term so well-established in note-typesetting circles that it
  would be strange not to use it, even if the answer to the first
  question is "no"?

Personally, I thought it was a strange term when I first came across
it -- yes, in the Finale manual -- especially since 90% of all tuplets
are TRIplets, but on the other hand, once one gets used to it, it is a
handy term.

Just wondering.

Eyolf

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