On 11/13/21, 1:00 PM, "Kieren MacMillan" <kie...@kierenmacmillan.info> wrote:
Hi Carl,
Thanks for weighing in!
You're welcome
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> we could not tell the difference between 8.~8 and 8~8., although I can't
imagine how the difference between these two representations would be
important; both represent a duration of 5 eighth-notes.
s/eighth/sixteenth/ *facepalm*
3/16 + 2/16 != 2/16 + 3/16 ;)0
I get that. How would that show up in the music? I guess in beam subdivision?
> I'm not sure that it's worth changing the internals since they work so
well for the lilypond core functionality (traditional western music)
I fear you’re correct… but I do love that I’m not the only one that hasn’t
totally given up the dream.
Well, it's not really a dream of mine -- I'm really a pedestrian musician. No
modern complexity stuff for me. But I also *love* the fact that in nearly
every case, LilyPond tries to capture the semantics, not just the display.
That's one of LilyPond's strengths. And it wasn't until I saw all this
discussion happening that I recognized the semantic disconnect here.
Thanks,
Carl
