> Wow ... and I don't have $295 in couch cushion change to spend (every year) > on a subscription to Grove Music Online. (You must get a discount
My school pays for it :p > Wikipedia IS NOT an authoritative source ... > >> polymeter implies polyrhythm and therefore is >> equivalent to your "simulatenous polymeter" >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymeter>. That term should be out! Ok I was being lazy. The Harvard dict 4th ed. defines > Polymeter. The simultaneous use of two or more meters. and there you have it. The term "sequential polymeter" is a contradiction. > ... But -- this isn't about "authoritative", it's about having a small set > of well-defined terms to which everything else can refer to eliminate > ambiguity. That's what "controlled vocabulary" means. I understand. My point is that you do not want to contradict a set of well-established terms that trained musicians are familiar with, at least in the Western musical tradition (which I presume lilypond builds upon). >> * compound time sig -- this is a well established term refering to meter >> such as 6/8, 9/8, 6/4, etc. in contrast to simple meters such as 3/8, 3/4, >> etc. I just wanted to point out here that coumpond time signature is also another well-established term that means something other than what was meant in the doc. --aht _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
