2010/10/25 Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca> > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 03:57:26PM +0100, James wrote: > > Yes I thought about that after I sent the links. I have never tried > > to create a rhythmic staff myself. It does make you wonder though, > > the point of making the note heads fall above or below the singe > > line of this staff. > > Wood blocks? These often come in pairs -- a high-pitched block > and a (relatively) low-pitched block. You don't want to notate > exact pitches (they're not tuned!), but you _do_ want to notate > which block to use. >
If I unterstand your quotes the right way: The pitch is for indicating which parts of the rhythm are on beat an which are off beat (low note is on beat, high one is off beat). This is a important information for that kind of music (balkan). the solution from xavier is working perfectly! (had to add {} in the definition) thanks & best regards Herbie
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