hello mr. lew,

mmm... check boulez's 'le marteau sans maitre'. there are some fractional
time signatures there, and *some* of them can't be written differently. and
consider this simple example:

a 2/4 measure full of semiquavers then two quavers of a triplet (=2/3 of a
crotchet), then, in a new 2/4 measure, four semiquavers (=1 crotchet) etc
etc.

and easy to conduct or play, just think subdividing in three the last beat
of the first 2/4 measure, then mark the 2/3 in two beats and again go back
to 2/4. actually, it's not difficult, it just *looks* odd.

hope this helps,
thanks to you and mr. williamsson for the advice and tip!

best regards,
marcelo

> Perhaps I'm a narrow-minded reactionary, but I don't really comprehend how
> such a time signature would work.  Even the display of it leaves me
> wondering, and the function even more so.  You're drawing triplets over
the
> barline perhaps?  Why bar it like this?  I can't imagine what sort of
> rhythm a time signature like this could communicate that couldn't be
> communicated more clearly with a different spelling.
>
> mdl
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