Re: Make documentation reflect presence of \tuplet (issue 7220052)

[dak]

On 2013/01/29 17:25:19, Keith wrote:


https://codereview.appspot.com/7220052/diff/4001/Documentation/learning/common-notation.itely#newcode506
> Documentation/learning/common-notation.itely:506: ratio of the number
of notes
> to play in relation to the nominal
> "... The fraction is the number of notes in the tuplet over the number
that
> would normally fill the duration of the tuplet. For triplets, ..."

We have a fundamental difference in our terminology.

For you, a triplet consists of three notes.  For me, a triplet consists
of a single note, three of which make up a triplet group.  I have
checked our glossary, and while there is no explicit explanation,
"triplets", "quadruplets" etc are used as a label for a single triplet
or quadruplet group, making it more likely match my usage of the word.
The Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuplet oscillates
between both uses, mathematically of course a triplet is a group.

The German word is "Triole" and thus made from a different word stem, so
guessing from the equivalence between Germanic languages might be
strained.

Still, for now I am going with the usage for which I see a vague
preference in the glossary.  Also note that for something like
\tuplet 3/2 { c4 c8 }, one still talks about triplets, but only two
notes are actually present.

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