On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:52:07 +0000 (CET) "I. Oppenheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Atte [ISO-8859-1] Andr� Jensen wrote: > > > > It's not clear to me what's the proper definition of > > > note tuples (such as triplets, etc.) > > > > Well it's not clear to me what you want to know > > What I want to know is what the generally accepted > musical notation rules are. Or to put it in other > words: if I find a 8-tuple or a 5-tuple in a printed > score, what does it mean? How should it be executed by > the performer? Without looking too hard at the definition my guess would be like stated on http://www.vicfirth.com/education/features/webrhythms/18.html. Otherwise it's clear from the context how things should be executed. > And since I'm not a wizard in music theory, I've > difficulty understanding the logic and meaning of the > 'n'-rule given by the ABC standard: > > "If the time signature is compound (3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 3/4, > etc.) then n is three, otherwise n is two." Make sure you understand that this has nothing to do with how it should be executed, but simply how to describe in abc-code something that would print in a certain way. It's a basic feature of abc that it maps the notation of music and not the performance of it. A classic example is "|f^ff=f|" which should display as four notes on the f-string, a sharp in front of the second and a cancelation sign in front of the last. The Universal Rules Of Music Theory (tm) tells us that this means f, f#, f# and f, since the sharp lasts the remainder of the bar, still we *don't* write "|f^f^ff|" in abc!!!!!! > I want to know if there exists a generally accepted > definition of the meaning of note tuples, or if there > are multiple, mutually exclusive traditions around. If > the latter would be the case, are some definitions > maybe more correct or precise than others? Since this is a general question about music theory I suggest you ask this question on rec.music.theory. There you have a better chance of getting qualified answers. -- peace, love & harmony Atte To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
