Re: tempo setting

[PMA]

Thanks, "me"!

The obvious, simple AND accurate,
just hit me:

 "(5 <graphic 8th-note>'s = 80)"

I'll use it.  Sorry to have screamed
so early.

Pete


me wrote:
> Musicians will automatically assume a dotted half note to mean the duration
> of three consecutive quarter notes. Option #2 will probably be easiest to
> interpret.
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:48 PM, PMA<address@hidden>  wrote:
>
> > Hi List.
> >
> > This is a question about notational judgment.
> >
> > I have a several-bar phrase in quick 5/8 time
> > (qtr. + dotted qtr., but quick enough to allow
> > only one felt beat per bar), and want to give
> > its first bar a tempo spec equivalent to
> >
> >             <full-measure-value>  = 80
> >
> > So, how shall I specify that value?  I figure my
> > options are:
> >
> > 1) "Meas ="
> > 2) { \note #"4" #1 } tied to { \note #"4." #1 } "="
> >      or simply
> > 3) { \note #"2." #1 } "="
> >
> > I tend to favor #3, counting on the original
> > meaning of the Dot -- to lengthen to some
> > needed if not-quite-metrically-exact extent.
> >
> > If you saw that in a score, would it strike
> > you as sensible, or just wrong?
> >
> > Thanks for any responses.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
> >
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