On Mar 18, 2010, at 5:37 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 18 Mar 2010 at 17:22, Andrew Stiller wrote:
The inequality was applied at the sixteenth note level, the weak notes
being just a tiny bit longer than 1/2 the duration of the strong
notes.
That's pretty interesting, in that it shows that even where it was
mechanically possible to precisely encode the rhythm, it wasn't 2:1.
Do you have any recollection of the exact ratio?
Sorry, no. But it was close enough that a casual listener would think
it was precisely that. Maybe Fuller's article says.
Harpsichordists can actually do a lot with length,
whereas music boxes cannot, so I'd think that would exacerbate the
problem.
I don't know where you got that idea. Pinned barrels, punched paper
rolls and the like are capable of tremendous rhythmic sophistication
and detail. Consider Conlon Nancarrow.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
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