On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 12:00 -0400, lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org wrote: > So the defaults should look like [8 8 8 8 8 8] and even [8. 16 8 8 8 > 8], > but 4. [8 8 8] is wrong and needs to be 4. 8 [8 8] instead. > > 6/8 would have [8 8 8] [8 8 8], [8. 16 8] [8 8 8] and 4. [8 8 8], > respectively. > > -- > David Kastrup
Hi All, I must add that (I am speaking as a living composer, for what that is worth these days), the above question has more to do with phrasing and tempo. I write the 4. [8 8 8] with musical textures that are developing rapidly with a fast tempo, and I write 4. 8 [8 8] when things are developing slowly. Also, it depends upon the other parts of the music, if there are further simultaneous subdivisions. But, it is mainly because of phrasing. Brahms and Chopin expedited their notation. Didn't Chopin and Brahms write 4. [8 8 8]? Craig Bakalian _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
