Re: the question of triplets

2013-04-27 Thread Hilary Snaden
On 27/04/13 05:02, David Kastrup wrote: Sarah k Alawamimarri...@gmail.com writes: Ok. I understand how triplets work. I've played them often enough lol! but in lily pond according to the manual it says it's written in a fraction. That's the part I don't get. I'm very horrible at math so is

Re: the question of triplets

2013-04-27 Thread David Kastrup
Hilary Snaden h...@newearth.demon.co.uk writes: After using LilyPond for seven years, I've got used to the \times x/y notation. How long will it remain available alongside \tuplet y/x? There are no plans to remove it. However, all of the documentation in 2.18 has been converted to use

Re: the question of triplets

2013-04-27 Thread Hilary Snaden
On 27/04/13 14:41, David Kastrup wrote: Hilary Snadenh...@newearth.demon.co.uk writes: \tuplet has a nicer way to deal with tupletSpannerDuration, by the way. So you can continue using it if you want to, but in a few years, newcomers might no longer recognize what you are doing even though

Re: the question of triplets

2013-04-27 Thread David Kastrup
Hilary Snaden h...@newearth.demon.co.uk writes: On 27/04/13 14:41, David Kastrup wrote: Hilary Snadenh...@newearth.demon.co.uk writes: \tuplet has a nicer way to deal with tupletSpannerDuration, by the way. So you can continue using it if you want to, but in a few years, newcomers might no

the question of triplets

2013-04-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Ok. I understand how triplets work. I've played them often enough lol! but in lily pond according to the manual it says it's written in a fraction. That's the part I don't get. I'm very horrible at math so is there a way to comprehend these triplets. I think they are eighth notes if I hear the

Re: the question of triplets

2013-04-26 Thread Tim McNamara
On Apr 26, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: Ok. I understand how triplets work. I've played them often enough lol! but in lily pond according to the manual it says it's written in a fraction. That's the part I don't get. I'm very horrible at math so is there a way to comprehend

Re: the question of triplets

2013-04-26 Thread David Kastrup
Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com writes: Ok. I understand how triplets work. I've played them often enough lol! but in lily pond according to the manual it says it's written in a fraction. That's the part I don't get. I'm very horrible at math so is there a way to comprehend these