>in Abc notation, for playing 5 notes in the time of 4 we can use >quintuplet. Now, let think I want the opposite, playing 4 notes in >the time of 5. How can I do that ? I used for ex : >F,5/4F5/4C5/4F5/4 instead of F,FCF . It seems correct this way, >but some applications seems to complain (abcm2ps for ex.). >Abc2midi seems to play it correctly. Is there a specific notation >(probably not in abc) but for music in general for this kind of >effect ?
Writing F5/4 will cause problems for most display programs, since the time value 5/4 can't be displayed as a single note in staff notation. Player programs will generally have no problem with it though. You can do what you want using the extended tuplet notation: (4:5:4F,FCF should work. Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
