Hi Joram, I was just coming back to say something similar… :)
What I said about “duration” > When talking about the first musical event in that tuplet, noboty I know > (including me!) would use the word “duration” to express the power-of-2 note > value (eighth) or the number of augmentation dots (1) or the scaling factor > or any combination thereof. > > When asked to describe the “duration” of that first note/event, I/they would > almost certainly say something along the lines of “3/5s of a quarter note”. is equally true of the word “length” [for most people/musicians I know]. It would be great to find a totally different word to attach to the visual value/representation of a note. > note value = length of a note in visible note representation =?= ly:duration Unfortunately, Wikipedia says “a note value indicates the relative duration of a note”, which highlights the ambiguity/confusion. If (as I understand it to be) we’re differentiating between the musical duration=length of a note/event versus its graphical representation, we should see if we can stay away from anything remotely related to duration, and I fear “value” falls under that rubric. – 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.
