> On 7 Nov 2014, at 11:38, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hans Aberg <[email protected]> writes: > >>> On 7 Nov 2014, at 10:08, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The question was when to use 4/4 and when to use C in a time >>> signature. This is not related to the accent structure of the music >>> as much as it is to the century of its origin and the conventions >>> used in its respective music field. Math does not provide answers to >>> the particular distinction this thread is about since the math behind >>> C and 4/4 is quite the same. >> >> The “+” notation I think is quite recent, possibly invented by Béla >> Bartók and Vinko Žganec for the description of Balkan meters. So the >> use of anything else than numerals is a modernity. > > We are talking about the use of C for 4/4. I doubt many people consider > that a modernity.
In the compound time signatures “+” notation, that would be. _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
