> Currently Lilypond only supports powers of 2 for specifying
> duration. Could we use the other numbers for common divisions?
>
> For example: We could use 3 for 2*3/2, 5 for 4*5/4, 6 for 4*3/2, 7
> for 8*7/8, 9 for 8*9/8, 10 for 8*5/4, 11 for 8*11/8, 12 for 8*3/2
> and so on.
>
> This would be quite useful, especially for the divisions of three
> (*3/2), because stuff like this
>
> e8*2/3 dis cis cis8. dis16 e8*2/3 dis cis cis8. dis16
>
> Is not really nice to enter, while
>
> e12 dis cis cis8. dis16 e12 dis cis cis8. dis16
>
> would be much less effort.
Sounds like a nice idea. However, I think that your values have a
flaw. I think it should rather be
2
3 2*3/2
4
5 4*5/4
6 4*6/4 = 4*3/2
7 4*7/4 <===
8
9 8*9/8
10 8*10/8 = 8*5/4
11 8*11/8
12 8*12/8 = 8*3/2
...
to be algorithmically derivable. Maybe the user should be able to set
up exceptions, but this might need a lot of changes.
Werner
