Re: Constructive Criticism and a Question

[Jonathan Henkelman]

Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen <at> lilypond.org> writes:

> 
> Jonathan Henkelman escreveu:
> > --- Brett Duncan wrote:
> > 
> >>> \tuplet 3:2 {c4 c8 c c4}
> >>>
> >>> should be printed as
> >>>
> >>> |----- 3 ----|
> >>>       __
> >>>  |   |  |   |
> >>>  |   |  |   |
> >>> X   X  X   X
> >>>
> >>> or as
> >>>
> >>> |- 3 -| |- 3 -|
> >>>
> >>>  |   |\  |\  |
> >>>  |   |   |   |
> >>> X   X   X   X
> > 
> > If we are going to worry about seperating the music from the typesetting, 
then 
> > it is worth observing that these two are equivalent musically.  It doesn't 
> 
> No, they aren't. The stresses fall in different places.  In bottom example, 
the stress is 
> on the 2nd 8th note.
> 

True enough, but it will also depend on the time signature.  However, we still 
need to have a default and it seems deciding based on the value of the first 
note is as reasonable a guess as any.  It can always be overriden by an 
experienced user.

Jonathan

PS. Sorry Han-wen for the double mailing - I'm still not totally comfortable 
with this archive interface...