>What you are asking, it seems is, 'what speed is 'cheerful''? >Which doesn't makes much sense.
I disagree... at least in part. I think that there is a range of speeds that most musicians would say "Yes, that is cheerful." when they hear it. In other words it requires some musicality, some judgment, since it is less prescriptive than the Beethoven score where he writes half-note = 72. There are certainly tempos which are not cheerful (e.g. quarter-note = 52). If you "get it wrong" in the MIDI file, don't feel bad. I've heard, for example, performances of Tchaikovsky's Fifth by professional orchestras (I know, it's the conductors fault, not the orchestra's) where the second movement was painfully slow - just WRONG to my ears (...and it's much harder to play the horn solo well ;-) I'm sure there's more variability (of performance tempi) in Irish folk tunes than in Tchaikovsky symphonies, so it is to be expected. Besides, I don't think anyone will confuse a MIDI "performance" with a live performance, and place too high an expectation on authenticity. Tim Reeves _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
