Since Maelzel has come up, this history of his "metronome scale" might interest some people:
http://www.greschak.com/polytempo/ptts.htm Remember those old "back-and-forth" metronomes that were calibrated for a certain list of tempi? This shows where that "certain list" came from. It's quite interesting, especially if you're mathematically-inclined at all. -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David H. Bailey > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 5:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Conventional Metronome Mark > > > There are two ways this is shown, both are used about equally: > > 1) [graphic of the note]=[metronome number] > example: quarter=120 > > > 2) M.M.[metronome number] (I was taught that the M.M. stands for > Maelzel's Metronome) > example: M.M.120 > > David H. Bailey > > > > Giovanni Andreani wrote: > > Hello, > > what sign would you state is mostly used to indicate the > metronome puls what > > appear's over a music line? > > > > Giovanni > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > . > > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
