RE: \compressMusic -> \scaleDurations

[Trevor Daniels]

Graham Percival 17 March 2008 12:09
>
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:02:43 +0100
> "Valentin Villenave" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > 2008/3/17, Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
> > 
> > >   \compressMusic -> \scaleDurations
> > 
> > I liked \compressMusic -- I used to find it funny :)
> > 
> > I'm fine with \scaleDurations, but isn't there 
> any ambiguity with the
> > word "scale" as in "C Major scale"?
> 
> Potentially... that's actually what prompted me 
> to think of
> Durations instead of Music.
> 
> I guess we could go for broke and use 
> \multiplyDurations.  My
> first thought was to avoid \multiply since it's 
> longer than
> \compress... but Durations is much longer than 
> Music anyway, so
> that's not such a great reason.
> 
> Happier with \multiplyDurations?

No, don't like this.  Sounds like it will convert
one duration into several :)

I prefer \scaleDurations or \changeDurations.

\scale.. more accurately reflects the action, though.
 
> Cheers,
> - Graham
> 
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