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Re: compound time signature with non duple denominator


From: Hans Åberg
Subject: Re: compound time signature with non duple denominator
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 20:24:02 +0100

> On 2 Nov 2016, at 19:02, tisimst <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> ... as Kieren and I saw on a facebook group the other day when a composer 
> started a discussion about having a bar with an "irrational" 2/6 time 
> signature. Wow, the flames that ensued! It's quite simple:
> 
> { \time 2/6 \tuplet 3/2 { c'4 c' } }
> 
> ... with or without the tuplet number/bracket.

I gave an example of a true irrational time signature [1]. The code is actually 
written in 12/8 (with a MIDI approximation in 19/8). In 12/8, as both the 3/8s 
and the 2/8s are divided into four parts, tuplets will remain. 

1. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2014-06/msg00237.html





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