You're not writing g8 to get a fourth 16th note; you're writing g8 to get an eighth note. Evidently your source material (I haven't looked at the youtube video myself) has two 16s and one 8th note.
Cheers, - Graham On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 02:18:16PM -0400, Christian Henning wrote: > Considering this pattern "g16 g g8". I do understand that the second g > is inheriting the 16 from the previous g. I don't understand why I > need to g8 to get the fourth 16th note? Is it maybe that the duration > from the second note to the third note is of an eight note? > > I probably have a different way of thinking in my head than lilypond > and for that matter most musicians. I'm trying to change that. > > Christian > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Federico Bruni<brunol...@gmx.com> wrote: > > Christian Henning wrote: > >> > >> Carl, you won it!! ;-) Thanks. > >> > >> What's the logic for naming the last "g8"? > >> > > > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Simple-notation#Simple-notation > > 2nd section - Durations (rhythms) > > > > "If you do not specify a duration, the previous duration is used for the > > next note." > > > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Carl Glick<kuriboo1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> g16 g g8 > >>> > >>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Christian Henning <chhenn...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> A picture probably helps to make my point clear. The Youtube video ( > >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8gYpvlfGTM ) at second 25 shows what I > >>>> want as a picture. > >>>> > >>>> I'm sorry for the confusion I have caused. > >>>> > >>>> Christian > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> lilypond-user mailing list > >>>> lilypond-user@gnu.org > >>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Carl Glick > >>> (847)542-0273 > >>> 1011 Maple Ave. > >>> Evanston, IL 60202 > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> lilypond-user mailing list > >> lilypond-user@gnu.org > >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
