Re: Where is the latest articulate.ly?

[Thomas Morley]

2016-03-24 1:22 GMT+01:00 Simon Albrecht <address@hidden>:
> On 24.03.2016 01:10, Daniel Birns wrote:
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>> So, the default is 7/8 (though I’m not sure yet what 1 . 2 is…)
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> '(1 . 2), equivalent to (cons 1 2), is a scheme pair.
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>> but I wondered about 7/8. CPE Bach says normally notes are play for 1/2
>> their duration,
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> That’s a very debatable quote. Numerical relations can only say so much, and
> it depends on instrument, style, character, etc. etc. You’d have to ask to
> which exact instrument and what situation Emanuel would have referred here.
> It’s a huge topic to discuss, but 1/2 as a default is definitely a very
> uncommon choice.
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>> so 7/8 is not detectable I think.
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> Oh yes, of course it is. It’s the equivalent to some kind of ‘non-legato’,
> which is the most ‘neutral’ articulation I can think of.
>
> Best, Simon

My suggestion of 1/2 was meant to make it overly clear that
\articulate indeed _does_ work.
One should find a more convincing value ofcourse ...

Cheers,
  Harm