I'm not sure what in my message gave the impression that I'm in love with the term "music length." All I said is that I think it's completely clear what it means.
Is there a concrete proposal of a more elegant name that doesn't require using the same name for two different types? On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM Kieren MacMillan < kie...@kierenmacmillan.info> wrote: > >> Kieren earlier spoke in favor of whatever is most comprehensible to > users. > >> To me, musicLength seems completely clear and unambiguous. > > > Please step outside LilyPond for a moment. > > > > Do you see books written about music and musicians, or about music > theory, > > using the phrase "music length"? > > > > When you spend time with a score, getting ready to analyze it, do you > look > > at the "music length" of notes and rests on the page? > > > > If you were going to write about a piece of music to a friend or > colleague, > > would you write about the variety of "music lengths" you find in the > piece? > > +1 > > When I teach Introduction to Music Theory, the first unit I teach is “The > Elements of Music”. > > “Duration” is one of the Elements of Music. (Not coincidentally, it’s also > one of the Landau/Bogart Viewpoints!) > “Length” is not one of the Elements of Music. > > Kieren > ______________________________________________ > > My work day may look different than your work day. Please do not feel > obligated to read or respond to this email outside of your normal working > hours. > >
