16 Dec
2002
16 Dec
'02
11:31 p.m.
Paul Davis wrote:
yes, 1/3 and 1/4 time but it's just one of many examples. if
you don't implement running tick/beat counters in integer,
there are a lot of pitfalls you have to be very careful to
avoid if precision is an objective.
tim
play this kind of music as part of their own culture.
i've also heard
and watched both zakir hussain and v. vikaryam count talas, and
believe me, they don't do what you propose a musician would do.
i believe they do more or less the same. you only hear the
beats they emphasize, and that's why they call it three and
a half, not seven. it's a little like in western music, you
say it's 3/4 but you might as well say 6/8 -- they only
differ in emphasis, or groove.
2) the first
time somebody uses 1/3 and 1/4 at the same time,
accumulating beat algorithms don't give the same result
reliably where they should.
hmm. i'm not sure of this. i'm not entirely clear what you mean by
these nomenclatures. do you mean "1 beat per measure, beat-note-value
= a third note" and "1 beat per measure, beat-note-value = a quarter
note"? or something else.