Hi there, I would like to thank everyone who participated in this discussion. I have learned a lot!
Thanks, Christian On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Carl Glick<kuriboo1...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you want to learn about basic music theory, http://musictheory.net/ is > supposed to be very good, at least according to my high school choir > director. I feel like, if you are still at this stage, it would be better to > use a more basic notation program like Noteworthy composer (which is free), > or write things out by hand. > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Kieren MacMillan > <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> Hi Christian, >> >>> 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? >> >> No... the duration of an eighth note is equal to the total duration of two >> sixteenth notes (i.e., 1/16 * 2 = 1/8). >> >> Put another way, the rhythm >> >> g16 g g8 >> >> sounds the same as the rhythm >> >> g16 g g ~ g >> >> [note that here the third and fourth 16th notes are tied, using the ~ >> character]. >> >>> 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. >> >> You'll definitely need to brush up on your theory in order to quickly >> advance in Lilypond. >> >> For the record, you might not want to use (i.e., learn from) the YouTube >> video you linked to: it is rather confused/confusing on this matter. Above >> the g16 g16 g8 pattern, the text says "two quarter beats and a half". [!!] >> While I understand what the author meant — that a quarter note is considered >> (in this context) a "beat", and thus a sixteenth note is a "quarter beat", >> etc. — this is *not* a good way to learn the fundamentals of the Western >> notation system. First of all we talk about quarter NOTES (which could be >> confused with quarter BEATS), and secondly the duration which is considered >> a "beat" changes depending on the time signature, tempo, and so on (so in >> one piece, a dotted half note could be the "beat", so a "quarter beat" >> becomes problematic). >> >> Good luck! >> Kieren. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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