Christopher Smith wrote:
On Mar 23, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Owain,
On 23 Mar 2008, at 10:36 AM, Owain Sutton wrote:
incompleteness of tuplets,
using the names for note durations that actually tell you how long
the notes are.
What struck me immediately is Owain's use of the word "tuplets" for
"non-binary division of the beat" when only a Finale user has ever heard
or would understand such a term. An excellent example of a word
springing into being because it was needed, kind of like a shoemaking
elf from a fairy tale...
Sibelius users have heard of the word "tuplet" -- it's the term they use
to refer generically to triplets, duplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, and
other such subdivisions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuplet
http://www.musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/19triplets.html
Do a websearch on "tuplets +music" and you'll get lots of hits which use
that term. It's even found a place in the "wiktionary" so it's hardly
just a term for Finale users anymore. When I use the term with people
who have never used Finale, they know just what I mean. So it may
possibly have started with Finale, but it has gained a much wider
acceptance as a term for all such rhythmic alterations.
--
David H. Bailey
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