Le 18/01/2023 à 01:08, David Zelinsky a écrit :
As another professional number theorist and musician (though not a composer), I also find this use of "irrational" to mean "non-dyadic" very grating. But I once said as much on the Music Engraving Tips facebook group, and got summarily shot down as ignorant and elitist. The argument, such as it was, held that this is about *music*, not *mathematics*, so there's no reason to adopt mathematicians' quirky terminology. This left me rather speechless, so I gave up. However, if I ever have reason to discuss this type of meter, will always call it "non-dyadic".
An interesting argument, given that “irrational” *is* “quirky” mathematic terminology in the first place ... Cheers, Jean
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