Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

2009-04-05 Thread Patrick McCarty
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 08:59:31PM +0100, Neil Puttock wrote: > 2009/4/3 Carl D. Sorensen : > > > > > > > > On 4/3/09 1:43 PM, "Patrick McCarty" wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Carl D. Sorensen > >> wrote: > >>> > > >>> Unfortunately, there are different 'details lists for

Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

2009-04-05 Thread Patrick McCarty
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 01:53:43PM -0600, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > > > On 4/3/09 1:43 PM, "Patrick McCarty" wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Carl D. Sorensen > > wrote: > >> > >>> > >> Unfortunately, there are different 'details lists for different grobs, > >> so there's no

Re: Reverting Beat Grouping Commands

2009-04-05 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 4/5/09 3:36 PM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > > > Carl D. Sorensen wrote Sunday, April 05, 2009 7:33 PM > >> What if we scrapped the current auto-beam code completely, and >> replaced it >> with a structured beatGrouping, something like >> >> ((denominator (ending-beatGroupings) (subdivide-

Re: Concert Pitch (a second try)

2009-04-05 Thread Hans Aberg
On 5 Apr 2009, at 23:12, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: Okay, we've got more feedback (isn't this fun :-). You might have fun for a life-time! :-) I'll try and do it again, following on from the comment that the existing (and my replacement) entries actually try to cram too much into the entr

Re: Reverting Beat Grouping Commands

2009-04-05 Thread Trevor Daniels
Carl D. Sorensen wrote Sunday, April 05, 2009 7:33 PM What if we scrapped the current auto-beam code completely, and replaced it with a structured beatGrouping, something like ((denominator (ending-beatGroupings) (subdivide-beatGroupings)) (denominator2 (ending-beatGroupings) (subdivide-beat

Concert Pitch (a second try)

2009-04-05 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
Okay, we've got more feedback (isn't this fun :-). I'll try and do it again, following on from the comment that the existing (and my replacement) entries actually try to cram too much into the entries. 1.64 Concert pitch The convention (standardised by ISO 16) that A above middle C represents

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-05 Thread Hans Aberg
On 5 Apr 2009, at 20:48, wrote: Dont have the OED handy, this library is very small and lacks a copy, but the dictionary in my mac and the larger one from the shelf both give narrow definitions for the entry 'concert pitch', eg, a=440, internationally agreed on, the pitch at which orchestral

Re: Off topic, Was: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-05 Thread Hans Aberg
On 5 Apr 2009, at 20:15, Mats Bengtsson wrote: A flute playing friend of mine once demonstrated what happens if you drink a bear just before you play and all of a sudden a burp increases the proportion of carbon dioxide in the breathing air significantly, resulting in a much lower pitch.

Re: Off topic, Was: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-05 Thread demery
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009, Mats Bengtsson said: > A flute playing friend of mine once demonstrated what happens if you > drink a bear LOL I envision Brutus sitting on a keg, playing the flute and passing gas from both ends. SKOAL! -- Dana Emery ___

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-05 Thread demery
> I think a problem with those sections is that they mix several > different concepts in a jumble. yes. Dont have the OED handy, this library is very small and lacks a copy, but the dictionary in my mac and the larger one from the shelf both give narrow definitions for the entry 'concert pitch'

Re: Reverting Beat Grouping Commands

2009-04-05 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 4/5/09 9:02 AM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > > > Carl D. Sorensen wrote Sunday, April 05, 2009 3:16 PM > >> On 4/5/09 5:05 AM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: >> >>> Carl >>> >>> As an alternative to having a complex time-signature-dependent >>> revert command why don't we introduce a context pr

Off topic, Was: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-05 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Hans Aberg wrote: The speed of sound in gases is (roughly) proportional to the square-root of the absolute temperature. Figures used the speed of sound v_0 in air at 0℃ varies a bit in the range from 331.2 to 331.8 m/s perhaps. This gives the formula at absolute temperature T v = sqrt(T/27

Re: Reverting Beat Grouping Commands

2009-04-05 Thread Trevor Daniels
Carl D. Sorensen wrote Sunday, April 05, 2009 3:16 PM On 4/5/09 5:05 AM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: Carl As an alternative to having a complex time-signature-dependent revert command why don't we introduce a context property to control whether the beam-ending rules should be applied or not?

Re: Reverting Beat Grouping Commands

2009-04-05 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 4/5/09 5:05 AM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > Carl > > As an alternative to having a complex time-signature-dependent > revert command why don't we introduce a context property to control > whether the beam-ending rules should be applied or not? This seems > particularly easy to do, and is co

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-05 Thread Hans Aberg
On 3 Apr 2009, at 19:20, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: 1.311 transposing instrument ..., the speed of sound in air is 343m/s,... This is only true at about 19.6℃ (degrees Celsius): The temperature of the air in the human blown instrument is higher, clearly. If I quickly measure my flute with

Re: Reverting Beat Grouping Commands

2009-04-05 Thread Trevor Daniels
Carl As an alternative to having a complex time-signature-dependent revert command why don't we introduce a context property to control whether the beam-ending rules should be applied or not? This seems particularly easy to do, and is conceptually simple. We would need to add a couple of li

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-05 Thread Hans Aberg
On 3 Apr 2009, at 19:20, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: If anybody can improve on those entries I'm all ears, otherwise can somebody update the glossary? For the most part, I've just been far more pedantic, but the existing bit about the trombone is, I'm sorry, just plain wrong! I think a pro