Re: Issue 1278: Arrow notation for quarter-tones. (issue3789044)

[Graham Percival]

On 2/17/11, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have one question, I think.  Right now, the alteration consists of two
> integers, which have implied denominators of 1/2 and 1/4, if I
> understand correctly.
>
> Would it be more general to have the alteration consist of two
> rationals?  Or could we have some way of defining a base-alteration pair
> that would be rationals?  And then the implied denominators of 1/2 and
> 1/4 would no longer be implicit, but would be explicit in either the
> alteration or the base-alteration?
>
> I think (but am not sure) that such an implementation would meet the
> needs that Hans Aberg has defined for appropriate microtonal support.

Very good point!  I've cc'd Hans and Graham Breed to inquire about this.

Current patch is here:
http://codereview.appspot.com/3789044/

Cheers,
- Graham