Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-26 Thread michał poręba
It seems to be a big problem for all of as. I am wanna-be polish translator and I have to admit that in my mother language people use tuplet, but only those who know Finale. None of encyclopedias, none of dictionaries I have mention that word. So what should I do? What should we do? Shell we use th

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-26 Thread Till Rettig
2007/9/24, Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As Mark Knoop wrote, (indeed "das") "Tupel" is normally a vector and > as a musical term seems to be as common as "tuplet". > For the German tuplets named Duole, Triole, Quartole, Quintole/Pentole > etc. the neologism would have to be "die Tu

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-24 Thread Francisco Vila
2007/9/24, Valentin Villenave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In French, no generic term exist; when we translated the documentation > we had to create a rather ugly mathematical word: > since the terms we use are > triolet ==> meaning triplet > quartolet > quintolet > etc... > In Spanish there is a gene

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-24 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2007-09-24 um 14:24 schrieb Valentin Villenave: In French, no generic term exist; when we translated the documentation we had to create a rather ugly mathematical word: since the terms we use are triolet ==> meaning triplet quartolet quintolet etc... We created the "n-olet" which is a neolog

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-24 Thread Eyolf Østrem
> 2007/9/21, Trevor Bača <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yeah, I may be spreading unsubstantiated rumours here, but the term > > seems definitely to have shown up first in English (rather than FR or > > DE) and I *think* it actually originated in an early version of the > > Finale user manual (God help us

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-24 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/9/24, Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As Mark Knoop wrote, (indeed "das") "Tupel" is normally a vector and > as a musical term seems to be as common as "tuplet". > For the German tuplets named Duole, Triole, Quartole, Quintole/Pentole > etc. the neologism would have to be "die Tupo

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
2007/9/21, Trevor Bača <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In German the word is "Tupel" vs. "Duole", "Triole", "Pentole" etc. > > I never really heard "Tupel" in musical context, only mathemathically. > > My musical lexicon doesn't know it - but my favourite online > > dictionary doesn't know "tuplet" either

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-22 Thread Mark Knoop
Valentin Villenave wrote: > 2007/9/22, Trevor Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> The word "tuplet" is certainly used in Coda Music >> Technology's Finale PrintMusic2000 manual, copyrighted >> 1999, to mean "triplets, quintuplets, and so on". (I >> used this before I discovered LP, and still have a

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-22 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/9/22, Trevor Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The word "tuplet" is certainly used in Coda Music > Technology's Finale PrintMusic2000 manual, copyrighted > 1999, to mean "triplets, quintuplets, and so on". (I > used this before I discovered LP, and still have a > copy). Don't know if this was t

RE: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-22 Thread Trevor Daniels
> > On 9/19/07, fiëé visuëlle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am 2007-09-17 um 17:00 schrieb Valentin Villenave: > > > > > Trevor: there can be *no* name for such > hideous rhythms... :) > > > We may use "rythmes irrationnels" (one "h", > two "n"s), or > > > "monnayages", but generally speaking t

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-21 Thread Trevor Bača
On 9/19/07, fiëé visuëlle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 2007-09-17 um 17:00 schrieb Valentin Villenave: > > > Trevor: there can be *no* name for such hideous rhythms... :) > > We may use "rythmes irrationnels" (one "h", two "n"s), or > > "monnayages", but generally speaking the terms we use for s

Re: tuplets (was: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-19 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2007-09-17 um 17:00 schrieb Valentin Villenave: Trevor: there can be *no* name for such hideous rhythms... :) We may use "rythmes irrationnels" (one "h", two "n"s), or "monnayages", but generally speaking the terms we use for such *things* are so rude I can't consider posting any of them here

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-17 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/9/17, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Now it has at least made it into the LSR. See > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=328 Oh yes! I didn't realize. I do remember, however, that you posted this same code on the list, and that I preciously copy/pasted it in a functions.ly file I

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-17 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Valentin Villenave wrote: There was a discussion involving these terms a few months ago: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-12/msg00468.html Somebody, IIRC, proposed to create a \triplet keyword to make triplets creation easier (of course, like many "user ideas" in opensource

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-17 Thread Trevor Bača
On 9/17/07, Valentin Villenave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/9/17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Valentin, > > Hi Charlotte, > > > I just happened to glance at the first of your links about 'tuplets' and > > wondered if this is the right name for it? I have always understood > > 't

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-17 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/9/17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Valentin, Hi Charlotte, > I just happened to glance at the first of your links about 'tuplets' and > wondered if this is the right name for it? I have always understood > 'tuplets' to refer to the use of 'simple' time in a compound time > signat

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-16 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 11:11:47PM +0200, Valentin Villenave wrote: > This week's new episodes: [...] > Hope you guys will like it! Yup. I love it, and I've some silly ideas regarding Lily, Clippy and Dust Puppy in my mind, to add more "action" ;-) (If you don't know about Dust Puppy and Clippy,

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-16 Thread Valentin Villenave
Hi everybody, This week's new episodes: http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/sketchbook/tuplets_eng.png http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/sketchbook/languages_eng.png As usual, the source files are in the folder http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/sketchbook/sources/ Hope you guys

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-13 Thread Valentin Villenave
Hello Hugo, hello Francisco, hello everybody; The source files for the two little things I showed you yesterday are available in http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/sketchbook/sources/ (don't try to look at the svg files directly in Firefox, it lacks anti-aliasing.) Don't forget the dependen

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Valentin: the name should be "Pond, Lily Pond" -- use a comma, not a semicolon. Oh yes. Absolutely. I just wanted it to sound like the dramatically intense two seconds pause that the actors use in the movies: "Bond. ... ...James Bond" :) Use an emdash ("The name is Pond — Lily Pond.") or ell

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/9/12, Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Peter pointed out the direct fifth in the counterpoint; I'll point out > that the name should be "Pond, Lily Pond" -- use a comma, not a semicolon. Oh yes. Absolutely. I just wanted it to sound like the dramatically intense two seconds pause that

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Graham Percival
Valentin Villenave wrote: http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/music_expression.png http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/polyphony_eng.png They're great! If you draw more, we'll definitely add them as an appendix to the Learning Manual. Peter pointed out the direct fifth in the count

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Johan Vromans
"Valentin Villenave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/music_expression.png > http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/polyphony_eng.png Seriously, this is GREAT! More! More! -- Johan ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Dominic Neumann
Wow!!! I want to have more of this!!! Good work! 2007/9/12, Valentin Villenave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello everybody, hello Graham, hello John; > > > Forget about GDP. > > Now. > > Here's *my* latest greatest Documentation project: > the SDPE! > > (Smallest Documentation Project Ever -- it work

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Valentin Villenave writes: > Forget about GDP. > > http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/music_expression.png > > http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/polyphony_eng.png Hah, LOL. Can't wait for tomorrow's adventures ;-) How about featuring this comics from the web page? Jan. -- Jan Nieu

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Karl Hammar
Vallentin wrote: ... > http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/music_expression.png > http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/polyphony_eng.png ... > Valentin > (who can't sleep at night after reading the mailinglist > -- and sucks at Inkscape :) I liked thoose wery much. (I just can't wait 'til d

Re: GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Rune Zedeler
Valentin Villenave skrev: the SDPE! (Smallest Documentation Project Ever -- it works with "Silly" too, for what it's worth). LOL :-) -Rune ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

GDP for kids :)

2007-09-12 Thread Valentin Villenave
Hello everybody, hello Graham, hello John; Forget about GDP. Now. Here's *my* latest greatest Documentation project: the SDPE! (Smallest Documentation Project Ever -- it works with "Silly" too, for what it's worth). It's intended for: -beginners, -advanced users, -power users, -super power us