Em Sáb 25 Set 2004 10:00, Remo D. escreveu:
> Reading the ABC draft 2.0 standard it's not clear to me what a
> meter like (2+4+2)/8 should be used.
Probably you've never needed it (Greek musicians should, though).
This notation is used when there is need to emphasise how the parts
of a bar are structured. While we automatically split a 4/4 in two
2-beat parts (so that you have a "strong" beat followed by a "weak"
and a "semi-strong" and a "weak" one respectively), in a 5/4 you may
have either e.g.
(a) a 2-beat part followed by a 3-beat part, in the pattern
strong + weak + semi-strong + weak + weak (i.e., a strong
binary and a weak ternary), or
(b) a 3-beat part followed by a 2-beat part, in the pattern
strong + weak + weak + semi-strong + weak (i.e., a strong
ternary followed by a weak binary)
The way you feel the "stress" on these parts is very important for
dancers, for instance, and for ear-playing.
> And the parenthesis should be
> printed only for the numerator?
Why otherwise? I can't see the point. In typesetting, the x[+y...]+z
numerator would simply come above the denominator (center-justified
between themselves) or the parts would be written in full, side by
side, as if they were a sequence of meters, e.g. (for a 7-beat meter
with accents on the first, third and sixth beats respectively):
2+3+2
4
or
2 3 2
4 4 4
> And what about a tempo like Q:1/4 3/8 1/4 3/8=40?
>
From the ABC draft 2.0 standard:
This means: play the tune as if Q:5/4=40 was written, but print the
tempo indication using separate notes as specified by the user.
--
Paulo Tibúrcio
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