Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> writes: > Hi David, > >> A time signature is written with numbers, not durations. > > Perhaps more completely (and, some might say, accurately): A time > signature is written with numbers, the second (“lower”) of which > represents a musical duration — specifically, the time signature n/d > means “n events per measure, each event having a duration equal to > 1/d-th of a whole note”. e.g. 4/4 means “4 events per measure, each > event having a duration equal to 1/4th of a whole note”, 2/6 means “2 > events per measure, each event having a duration equal to 1/6th of a > whole note”, etc. > >>> If the entry is a duration, >> But it isn't and has never been. > > I believe that Carl was using the future conditional version of “if…is” > there. ;) > >> There is >> /* >> Todo: should make typecheck? >> >> OTOH, Tristan Keuris writes 8/20 in his Intermezzi. >> */ >> >> in lily/time-signature-engraver.cc >> Your refactoring desire does not seem to leave room for that. > > Why not? 8/20 corresponds perfectly to “8 events per measure, each > event having a duration equal to 1/20th of a whole note”.
What duration is equal to 1/20th of a whole note in LilyPond? -- David Kastrup
