The point is that 120 (or Allegro) means 120 of "something or other" every minute. That "something" got called "beat" in some earlier postings and there were proposals to define it via things like L:beat=3/8 and a scheme proposed for sensible defaults which were not the same as the L: defaults.
It then seemed to me that the "beat" was just exactly the first two numbers in a Q:triplet. So that given what (in one scheme) might be written Q:3/8=120 Allegro the 120 is Allegro and the 3/8 is the beat. So I began to wonder whether the "beat" thing was needed at all and whether, having defined Allegro as 120 one could then say Q:3/8=Allegro and eliminating the "beat" syntax. And I'm still wondering. Any thoughts? L. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Allwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] something fairly complicated (Q: field) > On Thu 15 Nov 2001 at 01:07AM -0000, Laurie Griffiths wrote: > > Is there any mileage in something like > > Q:Allegro=120 % definition > > ... > > Q:3/8=Allegro % use, meaning that the "beat" is 3/8 in this case > > > > No mileage in my book. The word "Allegro" describes the whole tempo > [Q:3/8=120] not just one number used to define it. Maybe I missed > the point of your posting. > > James Allwright > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
